Propagate government's achievements: Deputy Chief Minister M.K. Stalin
The DMK government relied on its achievements, the welfare schemes and development works in the State. The government fulfilled all its poll promises made during the 2006 assembly election.
The very first order signed by Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi was supply of rice at Rs.2 per kg through the ration shops. Later on the price of the rice was reduced to Re.1 per kg. The government had waived Rs.7,000 crore of cooperative farm loans soon after it came to power. Ninety-five per cent of the poor people in the State were given colour television sets, he said.
The DMK will win the election with a margin of over 40,000 to 45,000 thousand votes. Now that Mr. Karunanidhi is campaigning in the constituency, the margin would be over 60,000, and the opposition candidates would lose their deposit, he said.
List DMK rule’s achievements to win votes: Azhagiri
VIRUDHUNAGAR: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam south zone organising secretary M.K. Azhagiri asked cadres to seek votes for the party in the Lok Sabha election by highlighting the achievements of the DMK Government in the State.
Addressing party workers here on Tuesday, he said that the State Government had implemented many welfare schemes like one kg rice for Re.1, free television set scheme, free cooking gas connections, farmers’ loan waiver, marriage assistance and assistance for pregnant women.
Chief Minister, M. Karunanidhi, would come for campaigning, he informed.
Mr. Azhagiri instructed party office-bearers to conduct periodical meetings of party town and union units. Office-bearers should collect local issues from the branch secretaries and try to solve them with the help of Ministers. “If they are not solved, you come to me, I will solve it,” he said. Mr. Azhagiri also warned the branch secretaries of stern action if they failed to attend those meetings without valid reasons.
Party district secretary and Minister for Backward Classes K.K.S.S.R. Ramchandran and Minister for School Education Thangam Thennarasu participated.
IN THENI
More leaders from Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam would come to DMK fold shortly. M. Kannappan started it and Cumbum N. Ramakrishnan followed suit. Other leaders would also follow in large number, according to M.K. Azhagiri, party’s south zone organising secretary.
Presiding over a DMK party workers meeting held here on Tuesday evening, he said that the landslide victory in Thirumangalam and Madurai West constituencies were due to hard work of party workers. “Moreover, I was given the post of zone organising secretary because of their hard work only. But this post will not separate me from you,” he assured.“We had even shattered the bastion of MGR. It should continue. No matter whether we (DMK) contested in Theni or our ally Congress fought, Mr. Azhagiri added.“We should help Congress candidate win the election by a margin of one lakh votes.”
Special Representative of Tamil Nadu for New Delhi Cumbum P. Selvendran and Bodi MLA S. Lakshmanan and Cumbum N. Ramakrishnan spoke.
Free TV sets distribution (2006–TILL DATE)
PROMISE KEPT: Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi handing over a colour television set to a beneficiary at a samathuvapuram near Padapai in Kancheepuram district
CHENNAI: Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi on Friday launched the free colour televisions for the poor scheme near here and asserted that the DMK was committed to fulfilling all election promises.
Speaking after the inauguration at the Periyar Memorial Samathuvapuram (an attempt at social engineering where people of all religions and castes selected from nearby villages live in a community) at Thundal Kazhani, Karasangal (Kancheepuram district), Mr. Karunanidhi said that as many as 25,245 television sets would be distributed across the State beginning on Friday.
This was only the first phase and would get over in a few days. Just as all guests at a wedding do not feast at the same time, the distribution of television sets could not be done in one go.
This year, the State Government provided Rs.750 crore in the budget for distributing television sets to the poor.
Making some back-of-the-envelope calculation, he said Rs. 9 crore provided now had fetched about 30,000 television sets. As many as 25 lakh sets could be purchased with the Rs.750 crore allotted for the current year.
Similar allocations would be made in budgets in the coming years too. This would ensure that no home was left without a television set. "Even if one crore people need to be given television sets, we will give them," he said.
Mr. Karunanidhi said the main opposition party and a section of the media were spreading half-truths about the scheme and other schemes of the DMK Government. The ruling party should keenly watch the utterances of the Opposition, he said, but welcomed constructive criticism from allies. The inauguration of the television scheme coincided with former Chief Minister C.N. Annadurai's birthday. Similarly all great leaders of the past were being remembered in a befitting manner. On Periyar's birth anniversary, the two-acre land for landless farmers scheme would be launched in Tiruvallur. A law was enacted to declare former Chief Minister Kamaraj's birth anniversary as
Educational Development day, he said.
"We did not merely issue a G.O [Government Order] on this. Because it would end up as `GO' [if a different government came to power], we enacted a law," he said and added that if only a G.O. had to be issued, it would have been easy to ignore it when a different government took office.
On the free land scheme, he said that though the promise was to give two acres, he was certain that even if the land was less than two acres by "a few inches," people would not object. The intention was to develop and distribute all the wasteland to the poor, landless farmers. It was with this in mind that a Minister was sent to West Bengal to study land reforms there.
Union Information Technology Minister, Dayanidhi Maran and Local Administration Minister M.K. Stalin said people would thank the DMK government in a befitting manner in the upcoming local body polls. Representatives of allied parties praised the Government for implementing promises.
Voters are possibly the happiest and the most profitable bunch in the state of Tamil Nadu. The claim sounds suitable for more or less every house in the state now as they have a color television, thanks to the DMK party that won elections in May this year. Declaring color TV a fundamental need,DMK had given its word to hand out free television sets to the poor section of the state. The promise has turned out to be fruitful and the party swept to power in May.
Television, “these days’ is not only the source of entertainment, but is more, it gives information regarding politics, health and public wakefulness issues,
says DMK’s party secretary, TKS Elangovam.
Until now the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party, or DMK, has distributed 60,000 TV sets and is even now making a plan to hand out 30,000 more in the upcoming months, along with gas stoves and free rice. Maybe offering free cable connections in the upcoming elections could give the party fresh a chance to firm up its toehold in Tamil Nadu.
Wednesday, Nov 28, 2007
FULFILLING A PROMISE: Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi handing over a television set to one of the beneficiaries at a function in Chennai on Tuesday. Chief Secretary L.K. Tripathy and Chennai Mayor M. Subramanian (right) are in the picture.
CHENNAI: Successful implementation of the free colour television distribution scheme has proved critics wrong, Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi said here on Tuesday.
He was addressing a function held to distribute free colour TV sets and free gas stoves along with LPG connection.
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, in its Assembly elections manifesto, had declared that if elected to power, it would implement such a scheme.
At that time, those in the rival camp had ridiculed the idea and raised questions about its practicability. “They urged people not to be carried away by the promise. Today, the country knows very well who has been wrong,” he said.
The Chief Minister said 30,000 TV sets were distributed at a cost of Rs.9 crore in the first phase.
During the second phase, 25 lakh TV sets would be distributed at a cost of Rs.685 crore.
So far, about 21.09 lakh sets had been given to beneficiaries. For the third phase, the Government was procuring 34.25 lakh colour television sets at a cost of Rs.750 crore.
He said the tendering process for the scheme was transparent. The committee included leaders of all parties in the Assembly.
This was to ensure that there was no scope for any wrongdoing.
Chennai Mayor M. Subramanian said 16,521 stoves would be distributed in the city this week.
Chennai Corporation Commissioner Rajesh Lakhoni said work was underway on four of the ten bridges proposed.
Wider roads, new bridges for Chennai
| Chief Minister said that 97 new projects to be taken up at a cost of Rs.525.05 crore for the city and gradually certain projects undergone in de city |
A new two-way bridge across the Adyar parallel to the Thiru.Vi.Ka. bridge
A high level bridge over the Ennore river mouth on the Ennore highway
CHENNAI: Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Tuesday sanctioned 97 additional road development projects in the Chennai metropolitan area under the Traffic and Transportation Scheme at a cost of Rs.525.05 crores.
In a statement here, she said that widening and strengthening of roads and construction of river bridges, road over bridges and grade separators were among the proposed projects.
The Chief Minister said 87 projects would be taken up to widen and strengthen roads covering a distance of 395 km at a cost of Rs.318 crores. The roads are the Tiruvallur-Karasankal road, Madhavaram-Red Hills road, Mount-Madipakkam road, Sembiam-Red Hills road, Vandalur-Kelambakkam road, Lattice Bridge road, Vandalur-Wallajabad road and Kodambakkam-Sriperumbudur road.
Among the five river bridge projects to be executed at a cost of Rs.35 crores is an additional two-way bridge across the Adyar parallel to the Thiru.Vi.Ka. bridge in Chennai at a cost of Rs.9 crores. A high level bridge over the Ennore river mouth on the Ennore express highway will come up at a cost of Rs.20 crores. The bridge across the Buckingham Canal near Madhya Kailash on Sardar Patel road would be widened at a cost of Rs.1 crore. A high level bridge costing Rs.5 crores will be built across the Cooum river between Nerkunram and Mogappair.
The causeway on the Grand Northern Trunk (GNT) road at Vyasarpadi will be replaced by a road over bridge at an estimated cost of Rs.50 crores.
Grade separators will be constructed at five places at a total cost of Rs.122 crores. The Government will earmark Rs.30 crores for the grade separator at the junction connecting Anna Nagar Second Avenue, Tirumangalam-Mogappair road and the Inner Ring road. The separator at the Moolakadai junction on the GNT road will cost Rs.25 crores. Apart from this, Rs.15 crores will be spent on grade separators at Porur junction connecting Kodambakkam-Sriperumbudur road and Mount-Poonamalee road, Rs. 22 crores will be set aside for the project at the Halda junction linking Anna Salai with Sardar Patel road and the project at Vadapalani connecting the NSK road and the inner ring road will be implemented at a cost of Rs.30 crores.
Kathipara Junction
Kathipara flyover is one of the largest Cloverleaf interchanges in South Asia
Kathipara Junction is an important road junction inChennai, India. It is located at Alandur, (St.Thomas Mount), south of Guindy, at the intersection of the Grand Southern Trunk Road (NH 45), Inner Ring Road, Anna Salai and the Poonamallee Road. Kathipara flyover is the largest Cloverleaf flyover in the whole Asia.
Kathipara Junction, Guindy, Chennai, TamilNadu, India - Bird Eye View (கத்திப்பாரா சந்திப்பு, கிண்டி, சென்னை, தமிழ்நாடு - ஆகாயம் காட்சி)
Kathipara Grade Separator
The junction used to be a roundabout and was the site of the statue of India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru. A cloverleaf grade separator has been constructed as part of the NHDP to ease traffic congestion at the junction. The structure was built at an estimated project cost of Rs 486 crores with an initial deadline of March 2007. It is the first of three grade separators being built on the Inner Ring Road to improve connectivity between the various National Highways radiating from the city, the other two being on Koyambedu junction (NH 4) near the Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus and at Padi junction.
Opening
Originally scheduled for completion in March 2007, the main span of the flyover connecting Inner Ring Road and GST Road was opened to traffic on 9 April 2008 and was fully completed and opened to the public on 26 October, 2008 as a Diwali Gift to the people of Chennai.
Completion of construction
The Flyover has been completed and was inaugurated by the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.karunanithi on 26 October, 2008 at 21:00 hrs IST. It was then open to the public. The Kathipara Grade Separator is now a signal free interchange that links IRR, Mount road, GST Road and Mount-Poonamallee Road and is expected to solve the problem of traffic snarls that is a common sight at this junction. This being the first major interchangewhen coming from the Chennai International Airporttowards the city will leave a good impression about the city to the tourists and is expected to reduce the travel time to the city which is otherwise delayed during peak hours which causes snarls. As of today all the road works have been complete, but they are yet to take up the landscaping of the space in between the loops which includes development of park like features and fountains and relocating the Jawaharlal Nehru Statue to the center of one of the loops.
Koyambedu Junction
Koyambedu Junction (கோயம்பேடு சந்திப்பு) or otherwise called the Koyambedu Roundtana is an important road junction inChennai, state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is located north of the Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus at the junction of the Inner Ring Road and thePoonamallee High Road (NH4) in the Koyambedu area/ locality. The junction is a part of the Golden Quadrilateral project taken up under theNational Highways Development Project.
Koyambedu Grade Separator
An elevated Parclo interchange was done under construction by the National Highways Authority of India to decongest the junction which is heavily utilised by interstate buses. This design of parclo grade separator has three arms of the cloverleaf interchange. The construction of the flyover was delayed due to problems in acquiring land that was owned by Tamil Nadu MLA Vijaykanth.
Koyambedu Intersects two major roads Ponamallee High Road and 100 Feet Road (or Inner Ring Road or Jawaharlal Nehru Road).
The bridge is currently completed and It was opened for public traffic.
Koyambedu Grade Separator
An elevated Parclo interchange was done under construction by the National Highways Authority of India to decongest the junction which is heavily utilised by interstate buses. This design of parclo grade separator has three arms of the cloverleaf interchange. The construction of the flyover was delayed due to problems in acquiring land that was owned by Tamil Nadu MLA Vijaykanth.
Koyambedu Intersects two major roads Ponamallee High Road and 100 Feet Road (or Inner Ring Road or Jawaharlal Nehru Road).
The bridge is currently completed and It was opened for public traffic.
Maduravoyal Junction
Maduravoyal Junction (மதுரவாயல் சந்திப்பு) is an important junction in Chennai. It is located to the west of Koyambedu Junction at the intersection of National Highway 4 (India) (NH4) and Chennai Bypass.
Maduravoyal Grade Separator
A Cloverleaf interchange was constructed at this junction similar to the one in Kathipara Junction.
Project Status Nov 2008:
§ The project is delayed because of the loose soil at the junction. It has been set right by erecting pillars.[1]
§ Project is behind schedule by 1 1/2 years.
§ At present the bridge is completed It was opened for public traffic.
Padi Junction
Padi Junction
The Padi Junction is an important junction in Chennai. It is located north of Koyambedu Junction at the intersection of Inner Ring Road (IRR) with Chennai-Tiruvallur High Road (CTH).
Padi Grade Separator
Padi Grade Separator
An Elevated Rotary has been constructed at this junction as a part of the NHDP by NHAI to ease the congestion at this junction. It was built at a cost of INR 130 crores (INR 1300 million). It was opened for public traffic on 20 February, 200
Grade Separator Details
Ramps
Along IRR
§ Four ramps on each side of the IRR and on both sides of the grade separator.
§ The ramps are all two-laned and are for One-way traffic.
Along CTH Road
§ Two ramps along the median of the CTH road on both sides of the grade separator.
§ The two ramps on CTH road are all four-laned with a median for Two-way traffic.
§ The ramp on the north of the grade separator on CTH road crosses a railway line.
§ An elevated 4-laned rotary at the center connects all the 6 ramps and has an outer radius of 99 metres.
Grand Junction Regional Airport
§ The airport opened in 1930 as Grand Junction Municipal Airport. In 1942 it was renamed Walker Field for Walter Walker, a former publisher of The Daily Sentinel newspaper who helped obtain funds and business support for the airport. The airport and the airport authority were both renamed on May 15, 2007. Grand Junction Regional Airport is undergoing a $20 million renovation, of which $700,000 is designated to pay for signs containing the new name.
§ The airport's terminal and fire building will continue to be named for Walker and a new $19 million roadway under construction will be called Walter Walker Blvd. In June 2010 a new Subway Cafe opened and serves passengers on both sides of the security checkpoint,and will serve sandwiches as well as coffee and alcoholic drinks. A new runway will be built 200 feet north of the existing one, with a target year of 2019.The original 10,501-foot runway will be turned into a taxi way.
§ Outside the security checkpoint there is a play area for kids. Inside the terminal, there is a gift shop and TV monitors in the waiting area for passengers. The current terminal has two gates with jet ways designed for regional jets, other gates use air stairs.Grand Junction Regional Airport is a public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) northeast of the central business district of Grand Junction, a city in Mesa County, Colorado, United States.It is the largest airport in westernColorado, and serves as a pilot and flight attendant base for Mesa Airlines.]
§ Grand Junction Regional Airport covers an area of 2,357 acres (954 ha) at an elevation of 4,858 feet (1,481 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 11/29 measuring 10,501 by 150 feet (3,201 x 46 m) and 4/22 measuring 5,502 by 75 feet (1,677 x 23 m).[2][edit]
Facilities and aircraft
Thiruverkadu to get two new bridges
SET TO CHANGE: The causeway linking Poonamallee High Road near Velappanchavadi and Thiruverkadu will soon be replaced with a high-level bridge.
CHENNAI: The State Highways Department will soon construct two new bridges and strengthen an existing facility in the western suburbs of Chennai to ease tra ffic congestion and enhance connectivity.
The works would be taken up at a cost of nearly Rs. 4.40 crore under the Comprehensive Road Infrastructure Development Programme of the department.
As the existing causeway across the Cooum river in Thiruverkadu is narrow, it would be replaced by a high-level bridge at a cost of Rs. 2.60 crore. It links the Velappanchavadi junction on Poonamallee High Road and Sridevi Karumariamman Temple Road, Thiruverkadu.
P.Chakravarthy, a resident of Thiruverkadu, said as the facility was only 7 metre wide and since many buses used it, traffic snarls had become common. Highways Department officials said that up to 8,000 passenger car units used the causeway daily during peak hours. The work to construct a 75-metre-long and 11-m wide, with footpath, high-level bridge would be taken up adjacent to the causeway and completed in six to eight months.
Similarly, the two-lane bridge on Poonamallee Avadi Road near Seneerkuppam would be widened to a four-lane facility. At present, the bridge receives nearly 30,000 passenger car units daily. Besides residents of Avadi and Puzhal, heavy vehicles diverted from city use the 10-metre-long bridge, across the Cooum.
The width of the bridge would be increased from 9 metre to 21 metre to ease congestion. The work would be completed in six months.
As the Lakshmipuram Puzhal Road linking Retteri and Puzhal has been made four lane, a culvert would be replaced with a bridge, at a cost of Rs. 80 lakh, within six months, the officials added. The bridge would be 20 metre long and 18.5 metre wide.
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