Mayor V.V. Rajan Chellappa has ruled out the possibility of building a permanent bridge in River Vaigai for the annual entry of Lord Kallazhagar by stating that the Municipal Corporation would be more than happy to incur the recurring expenditure of around Rs. 10 to 15 lakh in building temporary bridges every year for exclusive use of the Lord.
Replying to a series of demands made by R. Annadurai, Member of Legislative Assembly representing Madurai South constituency, during the inaugural of the annual Government Chithirai exhibition here on Saturday, the Mayor said that this year the Corporation had allotted about Rs. 50 lakh for successful conduct of the Chithirai festival.
The money would be spent on refurbishing the roads through which the Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple car would be pulled and other works. He, however, accepted the other demand of the MLA that steps should be taken to establish a permanent exhibition in the city limits in order to create awareness among the people about various Government welfare schemes.
Minister for Information and Special Programme Implementation K.T. Rajenthra Balaji inaugurated the Chithirai exhibition by pressing a remote switch to light up a board carrying the words ‘Arasu Porutkaatchi' meaning Government exhibition.
In his inaugural address, the Minister said that the Chief Minister had introduced many schemes aimed at eradicating poverty.
“Whenever the Chief Minister reads out a statement under Rule 110 in the Assembly, it means that she has come out with yet another scheme for the poor and the needy. The allocation of Rs. 11,500 crore for school education itself is a standing testimony to her commitment. She is of the firm view that there can be equality only if the poor are uplifted through education,” he said.
In his presidential address, Minister for Cooperation ‘Sellur' K. Raju said that the Chief Minister had been benevolent enough in allotting Rs. 250 crore for Madurai Corporation recently.
Responding to the MLA's demand for exempting Madurai from power shutdown for about 10 days during the Chithirai festival, the Minister said that the Chief Minister was keen on relieving not only Madurai but the entire State from power cuts.
Collector U. Sagayam said that a total of 21 organisations including 15 government departments and five government undertakings apart from the Reserve Bank of India had put up stalls in the exhibition to educate people about the government schemes.
The prime aim of the exhibition was not just to display the details of the schemes but also to make sure that the benefits reached the needy, he added.
He also said that 821 beneficiaries had been identified to receive government largesse such as motor-operated sewing machines, iron boxes and electric fans during the function.
He hailed the Chief Minister for having made the laptops accessible to poor students by distributing them free of cost to students of government higher secondary schools and colleges.
Tamil Development, Religious Endowments and Information Department Secretary M. Rajaram; Director of Information and Public Relations P. Shankar; MLAs R. Samy (Melur), K. Tamilarasan (Madurai East), M.V. Karuppiah (Sholavandan), A.K. Bose (Madurai North), M. Muthuramalingam (Thirumangalam) and P.V. Kathiravan (Usilampatti) and Deputy Mayor R. Gopalakrishnan also spoke.
Replying to a series of demands made by R. Annadurai, Member of Legislative Assembly representing Madurai South constituency, during the inaugural of the annual Government Chithirai exhibition here on Saturday, the Mayor said that this year the Corporation had allotted about Rs. 50 lakh for successful conduct of the Chithirai festival.
The money would be spent on refurbishing the roads through which the Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple car would be pulled and other works. He, however, accepted the other demand of the MLA that steps should be taken to establish a permanent exhibition in the city limits in order to create awareness among the people about various Government welfare schemes.
Minister for Information and Special Programme Implementation K.T. Rajenthra Balaji inaugurated the Chithirai exhibition by pressing a remote switch to light up a board carrying the words ‘Arasu Porutkaatchi' meaning Government exhibition.
In his inaugural address, the Minister said that the Chief Minister had introduced many schemes aimed at eradicating poverty.
“Whenever the Chief Minister reads out a statement under Rule 110 in the Assembly, it means that she has come out with yet another scheme for the poor and the needy. The allocation of Rs. 11,500 crore for school education itself is a standing testimony to her commitment. She is of the firm view that there can be equality only if the poor are uplifted through education,” he said.
In his presidential address, Minister for Cooperation ‘Sellur' K. Raju said that the Chief Minister had been benevolent enough in allotting Rs. 250 crore for Madurai Corporation recently.
Responding to the MLA's demand for exempting Madurai from power shutdown for about 10 days during the Chithirai festival, the Minister said that the Chief Minister was keen on relieving not only Madurai but the entire State from power cuts.
Collector U. Sagayam said that a total of 21 organisations including 15 government departments and five government undertakings apart from the Reserve Bank of India had put up stalls in the exhibition to educate people about the government schemes.
The prime aim of the exhibition was not just to display the details of the schemes but also to make sure that the benefits reached the needy, he added.
He also said that 821 beneficiaries had been identified to receive government largesse such as motor-operated sewing machines, iron boxes and electric fans during the function.
He hailed the Chief Minister for having made the laptops accessible to poor students by distributing them free of cost to students of government higher secondary schools and colleges.
Tamil Development, Religious Endowments and Information Department Secretary M. Rajaram; Director of Information and Public Relations P. Shankar; MLAs R. Samy (Melur), K. Tamilarasan (Madurai East), M.V. Karuppiah (Sholavandan), A.K. Bose (Madurai North), M. Muthuramalingam (Thirumangalam) and P.V. Kathiravan (Usilampatti) and Deputy Mayor R. Gopalakrishnan also spoke.
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