The Coimbatore Corporation launched on Wednesday works on two of the three scheme roads it had planned in view of the World Classical Tamil Conference to be held here from June 23 to 27.
Mayor R. Venkatachalam, Deputy Mayor N. Karthik and Corporation Commissioner Anshul Mishra performed a bhoomi puja to mark the start of the project.
The scheme roads taken up on Wednesday were Rangavilas Mill Road and the Nava India Road (from Avanashi Road to Chinnaswamy Road). The other scheme road included in the conference-related plan was Masakalipalayam Road. The process of acquiring land, for the required width of the road at a particular spot, was in progress.
At a City Development Committee meeting held a fortnight ago, District Collector P. Umanath pointed out that these were the first three scheme roads in the State to be taken up with funds from the Local Planning Authority.
These scheme roads and more than 70 other main roads in the city were being improved with an allocation of Rs.26 crore from the Infrastructure and Amenities Fund.
The Collector said there would be a lot of focus on the three roads as this project might serve as a model for the rest of the State.
The Rangavilas Mill Road would become a 40-ft wide scheme road for a stretch of 2.2 km. The cost of the project was Rs.27 lakh. A bridge would be constructed at Rs.75 lakh to link the road with Sowripalayam Road near G.V. Residency.
Storm water drains would be provided on Rangavilas Mill Road at a cost of Rs.74 lakh.
A median at a cost of more than Rs.1 crore and 80 sodium vapour lamps at Rs. 25 lakh were the other components of the entire project on this road.
The one-km Nava India Road would be developed at Rs.1.75 crore.
A bridge across Sanganur Canal (near S.N.R. College) would be built at Rs.75 lakh.
A median would be built at Rs.50 lakh and 80 sodium vapour lamps at Rs.25 lakh would be installed on this road.
