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Adyar eco park is set to become a landmark in the city: Stalin

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“Development work will be completed by 2010”

Photo: M. Vedhan

new look: Local Administration Minister M.K. Stalin, Electricity Minister Arcot N. Veeraswami and Mayor M. Subramanian view the fountain at the renovated Thiru.Vi.Ka park in Shenoy Nagar on Tuesday. —

Chennai: Local Administration Minister M.K. Stalin on Tuesday said that the Adyar eco park was set to become a landmark in the city and development work would be completed by 2010.

Mr. Stalin said that 58 acres of the eco park would be developed in the first phase. The process of identifying a project developer for the remaining 300 acres was on, he told reporters at a function organised to dedicate the renovated Thiru.Vi.Ka park in Shenoy Nagar to the public.

Mr. Stalin said the Thiru.Vi.Ka. park was renovated at the cost of Rs. 1.52 crore. Decorative lights, fountains, stone benches and children’s play equipment had been provided.

He also inaugurated 19 other parks that were either renovated or newly-developed by the Chennai Corporation at various locations .

He said that the Corporation had spent Rs. 22.47 crore on park development in the past two years. About 400 roadside parks and 170 traffic island parks would also be developed.

Regular walkers in the park said that the civic body should not stop with the development works in such facilities but also ensure that they were maintained properly.

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