Hardship unavoidable: Minister
MADURAI, FEBRUARY 03, 2019 00:00 IST
The new park that was inaugurated by Minister for Cooperation 'Sellur' K. Raju in Madurai on Saturday.G. MoorthyG_Moorthy
Minister for Cooperation ‘Sellur’ K. Raju on Saturday said that some hardship to the public was unavoidable during the reconstruction of Periyar Bus Stand in the city under the Smart Cities Mission.
Addressing the media after inaugurating a park at Ramanasri Garden at Kovalan Nagar, he said that the public would gladly accept these hardship keeping in mind development of the city in the long run.
Periyar Bus Stand, the crucial hub for town buses in the city, was closed last week to commence construction of a new bus terminal at a cost of around Rs. 150 crore.
Concerns had been raised over alternative arrangements made for the construction that is expected to take at least 18 months.
Mr. Raju, however, added that Madurai Corporation and the district administration were making all possible alternative arrangements to ensure that the difficulties to the public were reduced to the maximum extent possible. “Even for the shops located inside the bus stand, we have provided alternative places to set up shops temporarily till the construction is over,” he added.
Earlier, he inaugurated a newly constructed park at Ramanasri Garden at a cost of Rs. 65.91 lakh and measuring 23,760 square feet.
Another new park at a cost of Rs. 63.81 lakh, measuring 20,138 square feet, was inaugurated at Singarayar Colony.
Collector S. Natarajan and Madurai Corporation S. Aneesh Sekhar were present during the inauguration.
MADURAI, FEBRUARY 03, 2019 00:00 IST
The new park that was inaugurated by Minister for Cooperation 'Sellur' K. Raju in Madurai on Saturday.G. MoorthyG_Moorthy
Minister for Cooperation ‘Sellur’ K. Raju on Saturday said that some hardship to the public was unavoidable during the reconstruction of Periyar Bus Stand in the city under the Smart Cities Mission.
Addressing the media after inaugurating a park at Ramanasri Garden at Kovalan Nagar, he said that the public would gladly accept these hardship keeping in mind development of the city in the long run.
Periyar Bus Stand, the crucial hub for town buses in the city, was closed last week to commence construction of a new bus terminal at a cost of around Rs. 150 crore.
Concerns had been raised over alternative arrangements made for the construction that is expected to take at least 18 months.
Mr. Raju, however, added that Madurai Corporation and the district administration were making all possible alternative arrangements to ensure that the difficulties to the public were reduced to the maximum extent possible. “Even for the shops located inside the bus stand, we have provided alternative places to set up shops temporarily till the construction is over,” he added.
Earlier, he inaugurated a newly constructed park at Ramanasri Garden at a cost of Rs. 65.91 lakh and measuring 23,760 square feet.
Another new park at a cost of Rs. 63.81 lakh, measuring 20,138 square feet, was inaugurated at Singarayar Colony.
Collector S. Natarajan and Madurai Corporation S. Aneesh Sekhar were present during the inauguration.
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