A slew of recently-completed projects in Thanjavur district are awaiting the return of AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa as Chief Minister to be thrown open for public use. The projects, foundation stone for most of which were laid by her, have either been completed or at various stages of completion and once the new dispensation assumes office at For St. George, the projects will become functional, formally.
Important among them are the new buildings to house the TNAVUAS Veterinary College and Research Institute at Orathanad constructed at a cost of Rs. 50 crore and the Phase I of the Thanjavur bypass road from the new Collectorate to Kalimedu village for a distance of nine kilometres. Upon completion, the road would link the Tiruchi-Thanjavur Highway near the Collectorate with Tiruvaiyaru road on the northern parts of the district.
Yet another important structure awaiting official inauguration by the Chief Minister is the new master plan complex for housing the collectorate and other government buildings near the Tamil University off the Thanjavur-Tiruchi Highway. The edifice constructed at a cost of Rs. 30.47 crore has been completed and is receiving finishing touches.
As for the public utility services, the new underground drainage system for Orathanad town panchayat put in place at a cost of Rs. 18.25 crore is a milestone in that Orathanad is the first town panchayat in the district to get underground drainage system with a futuristic agenda.
New combined water supply schemes to benefit Ayyampettai, Tarasuram, and Tirunageswaram areas have been completed at a cost of Rs. 7.04 crore, Rs. 10.98 crore and Rs. 11.34 crore respectively and they are designed to address the drinking water needs of burgeoning population in those regions.
A grand building arises out of the woods and greenery in the sylvan settings of Sengipatti to house the Government Engineering College and it has been completed at a cost of Rs. 49.38 crore. For practical convenience, classes have already commenced in the buildings without any dithering taking into account the welfare of the student community though the official opening is on its way. Similarly, the new buildings to house the Government Arts and Science College at Peravurani have been constructed at an estimated cost of Rs. 7.97 crore and would be declared open soon.
The Animal Husbandry Department too has got its share of infrastructure development works to flaunt, including the construction of three new cattle sheds, diagnostic laboratory, quarantine shed and shed to accommodate 20 calves at the District Livestock Farm at Orathanad costing Rs. 3.19 crore, a dressing room, animal washing byre shed, sheds to house 30 young bulls and bio security wall established at the Eachankottai farm at Rs.4.97 crore, besides the new veterinary college buildings at Orathanad.
Other additions include a new bridge across the River Cauvery at Kumbakonam town costing Rs. 5.50 crore, a new bridge across River Vennar on the new bypass road costing Rs. 7 crore, a trauma care ward at the Thanjavur Medical College Hospital at a cost of Rs.1 crore and establishment of a Regional Cancer Centre on the TMCH premises at a cost of Rs. 3 crore, and they all await official launch in short intervals.
New buildings for TNAVUAS constructed at a cost of Rs. 50 crore await formal inauguration
So is the master plan complex for housing collectorate and other government buildings
