GCC Council Clears Resolutions on Canal Restoration, New Fish Market, Sanitation, Infra Works

Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) Council on TuesDay Passed 84 Resolutions Coversing Civic Infrastructure, Canal Strengthaning, Conservancy Machinery, School Sanitation and Market Facility.

The skating park in anna Nagar zone (viii) will be revamped at a cost of ₹ 5.3 Crore. A new fish market will be built at basin bridge in kodambakkam zone (x) with modern stalls, storage and basic amenities.

Flood Prevention and Canal Restoration Projects Formed A Major Part of the Agenda. Retaining Wall and Concrete Flooring Work for the TrustPuram Canal was sanctioned at ₹ 16.86 Crore for a 470-Metre Stretch From Its 1,000 Meetre to 1,470 METRE POINT. Desilting and Stormwater Drain Culvert Work for Captain Cotton Canal Will Cost ₹ 7.7 Crore. Restoration of the otteri nullah in royapuram (zone v), thiru-vi-ka Nagar (zone vi) and anna Nagar (zone vii) was approved at ₹ 66 Crore. Stormwater Drain and Related Works Along TVS Canal in Anna Nagar Zone’s 100-Feet Road will cost ₹ 6.63 Crore.

For Conservancy Operations, The Council Sanctioned The Rental of 23 SUCTION MACHINES For Four Months at ₹ 1.47 Crore, Procurement of Six Hydraulic Operated Self-Propeelled Tree PRUNES MACHENES MACHENES MACHENEs ₹ 5.23 Crore, and One Robotic Multipurpaose Excavator with one-Year Maintenance at ₹ 1.82 Crore. A Heavy-Duty Road Sweeper Machine will also be deployed.

School Sanitation was addressed through the appointment of 1,747 temporary works at adi dravidar primery schools in anna Nagar (viii) and teynampet (ix) zones. Workers will be appointed at a daily wage of ₹ 753, with one sweeper for 200 students and one worker for every 10 toilets. Co-Educational Schools will get both male and female staff, with minimum staffing norms fixed for girls ‘and boys’ schools.

The council also approved the connection of an animal birth control center in Aldur Zone (XII) at ₹ 8.69 Crore. Land measuring 1,248 sq.ft belonging to Annai Dayalu Ammal Charitable Trust on Wall Tax Road will be rented by the corporation at ₹ 15,080 per month. It also passed a resolution to allocate a building to the tamil nadu civil support in the Pulianthope Area, Specifically on Sivaram Salai, Pattalam. After Ward 78 Councilor C. Velu Placed Objections Regarding The Project, The Mayor Announced that Discussions with the Standing Committees will be re-head for reviewing the project.

GCC will shift the proposed decided decision body protection center of 2,400 sq.ft with a deep freezer box facility (capacity to store 10 bodies) from moolakothalam zone in royapurram zone (v) to mullai Nagar Burial Ground in Tondirpet Zone (iv).

Chennai Corporation’s Building Department will develop and construct slaughterhouses at kallikupam, madhanakupam main road and Villivakam for ₹ 5.66 Crore.

A New Children’s playground on Op Salai in Teynampet Zone (ix) at a cost of ₹ 1.56 Crore is also to come up.