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PRESSING THE BUTTON: S. Jaipal Reddy, Union Minister for Urban Development, inaugurating the work on the Maduravoyal drinking water supply project at Maduravoyal, near Chennai, on Friday. M.K. Stalin, Local Administration Minister, D. Sudarssanam, CLP leader (left), and C. Kuppusamy, MP (right), are also in the picture. CHENNAI: The Union government has sanctioned over Rs. 5,000 crore in the last one and a half years for urban development projects in Tamil Nadu, S. Jaipal Reddy, Union Minister for Urban Development, said here on Friday. Giving details of various projects approved by the Centre, Mr. Reddy told a function to mark the inauguration of work on a water supply project at Maduravoyal near here that under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), 28 projects had been sanctioned at a cost of Rs. 2,587 crore for implementation in Chennai, Coimbatore and Madurai. In the case of small and medium towns’ infrastructure development, 97 schemes, costing Rs. 706 crore, had been cleared. For the benefit of urban poor in the three cities of the State, 24 projects, estimated to cost Rs. 2,134 crore, had been approved. Similarly, for the urban poor in the small and medium towns, 30 schemes had been cleared. As for the Chennai Metro Rail, Mr. Reddy said the project had been approved in principle. He expressed the hope that the foundation stone for the project would be laid in a few months’ time. Calling for greater infusion of funds into urban development projects, the Union Minister said the allocation for the JNNURM was Rs. 1 lakh crore. When the Mission was launched, he thought that the amount was “incredibly huge.” But, now, he was of the opinion that it was inadequate. “Urbanisation is going on at a far greater pace than anticipated,” he said. Describing Tamil Nadu as the most urbanised State, Mr. Reddy said that against the national average of 30 per cent of the people living in cities, 44 per cent of people in Tamil Nadu were living in urban areas. Commending Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi and Local Administration Minister M.K. Stalin, Mr Reddy called the former “Bishma Pitamaha” of south India. Mr Stalin displayed dynamism. Earlier, the Union Minister called on the Chief Minister in hospital. Mr. Stalin said the cost of the Maduravoyal project is Rs. 23.3 crore. When the project is completed, the per capita supply of water in the area will go up to 135 litres from the present 10 litres. The underground sewerage scheme, costing Rs. 56.46 crore, will be taken up this year, he said. Among those who took part in the function were D. Sudarssanam, Congress Legislature Party leader, and C. Kuppusamy, North Chennai Member of Parliament.
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