Chennai: Singara Chennai 2.0, Chief of Minister M K Stalin, just got 500 crore boost.
Make an announcement in budget speech, the Minister of Finance implies that the project to make Capital City Cleaner and Greener will also include ensuring a tap water connection in each household.
The minister’s chairman is expected to provide more details about the project in assembly during this session.
Greater Chennai Corporation began working under the project at the end of May with a series of drives to clean the median road, wall, and flyovers with the help of CSR funds.
The latest budget allocation, officials said, will help speed up the project.
In addition to beauty, among the top priorities under the project including biomining at the city disposal site in Kodungaiur and Perungudi.
Metrowater and Metro Rail will join hands with City Corporation to execute work.
“Funds will mostly be used to beautify Chennai under the head that includes solid waste management, artwork, culture, increasing greenery, preparing new infrastructure such as street lights, increasing the water body and city air quality.
Corporations have encouraged private institutions to take beauty City walls with murals and paintings.
The civil body has reviewed this work every two weeks, while working on maintenance and lighting inheritance and public spaces.
“The spaces under the elevant will soon become an interesting hangout,” said an official, “and the allocation New will add to the project rate.
“Civil activists praised the multi-departmental approach and multi-sectoral coordination involved in implementing these projects.
Ashwathy Dilip, who works with the Institute of Transportation and Development Policy, said it was the first time the state government of talking about making all the way in urban areas The friendly pedestrians and friendly LEDs.
“Users who are vulnerable from the road have been prioritized for the first time which is a change in the welcome policy.
Also, the setting of street lights every 30m will ensure the cities are safer for women, “he said.
Proise the Singara Project Chennai will be a 300crore allocation under the scheme of ‘Namakku Naame’ which involves public participation in expanding urban green cover.” City’s green cover is ideal Must be 9sqm per person, but Chennai today has a green cover of only 0.88 square meters per person.
Singara Chennai will change this.
If properly implemented, cities and citizens will greatly benefit, “he said.