Housing project for SC families contemplated in Puducherry
PTI | 04:08 PM,Aug 29,2011Puducherry, Aug 29 (PTI): The Puducherry government has drawn up a Rs 142.63 crore housing project for the benefit of Scheduled Caste families in rural areas. Welfare Minister P Rajavelu stated this during question time in the Assembly today in response to a query from P Karthikeyan (All India NR Congress) and said the government would get the loan for the project from Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO). He said as many as 2161 dilapidated houses would be taken up under the scheme for the beneficiaries in 37 villages. Chief Minister N Rangasamy told A M H Nazeem (DMK) that under HUDCO's Temple Town Development scheme, Rs 132.58 crore had been sought for developing amenities and infrastructure in the temple town of Tirunallar in Karaikal. Education Minister P M L Kalyanasundaram told T Thiagarajan (AINRC) that the Rajiv Gandhi Indoor stadium at Uppalam would be refurbished at a cost of Rs 7.5 crore. He said works had been assigned to a contractor and assured the member and others that work would be completed by this year end. Intervening, the Chief Minister said the government had also felt that one more stadium should be constructed as the only indoor stadium in Uppalam was not sufficient. Rangasamy also said the government was keen to promote sports and for that infrastructure would be provided without delay. To a question by Ohm Sakthi Segar(AIADMK) he said that the government would draw up plans after studying the feasibility and facilities available in temples for implementating `annadhanam` (free food distribution) in shrines.
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