The Coimbatore Corporation budget for 2015-16 comes with a deficit of Rs. 54.22 crore, a number of announcements such as wifi-enabled city, multi-speciality hospital, skywalks, meat market, warehouse to store e-waste and a committee to oversee the time-bound implementation of the budget proposals.
Presiding over the presentation of first budget under his leadership, Mayor P. Rajkumar announced a slew of schemes – some old and some new. After the budget session, he told reporters that the budget had small projects that could be implemented with funds from the Corporation so that there was time-bound implementation.
He cited the implementation of the wifi-enabled city project at Rs. 1.50 crore and the Rs. 25 lakh allotted to establish electronic waste warehouse.
His announcements included setting up a solar power plant to generate 1MW power, skywalks to help pedestrians on Saravanampatty - Thudiyalur Road, at Trichy Road - Nanjundapuram Road Junction and Nallampalayam Road – Mettupalayam Road Junction, hockey ground at the Corporation school on Arokiasamy Road, R.S. Puram, and a shop to help SHG women sell their produce.
Mr. Rajkumar also said that the civic body would, in the ensuing financial year, establish two abattoirs in Ukkadam and Thudiyalur at Rs. 33.42 crore, a new premises to house the South Zone office, construct a bus terminus in Vadavalli, erect a sewage treatment plant to treat sewage flowing into Singanallur Tank and spend Rs. 10 crore to construct a plant to produce green manure.
On the water supply front, he said that the Corporation would strive to get the State Government funds to the tune of Rs. 54.81 crore to improve Aliyar water supply in Kurichi and Kuniamuthur. And as part of the proposal, the civic body would construct overhead tanks as well.
The Corporation would also work to establish a cricket ground and towards preparing a detailed project report, it would spend Rs. 1 crore, he said and also spoke on his other proposals to improve sports in the city – forming sports teams in the Corporation schools by selecting best performing students.
Mr. Rajkumar said that the Corporation in the next financial year would seek the State Government help to construct a vegetable market in Kurichi at Rs. 25 crore, establish bicycle track on the Perur Tank bund at Rs. 75 lakh and set up a biomethanisation plant at the Nanjundapuram burial ground.
He said the Corporation would install napkin vending machines at its schools, improve basic infrastructure in panchayat union-administered schools that were within its limits and provide competitive exam training and guidance for its students to prepare well in advance.
