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• Chief whip of the Tamil Nadu government P Mohan on Thursday announced that the Madurai corporation will get additional funds of Rs 15 crore for the road works. He was talking to media persons after a petition committee review meeting held at the collectorate.Mohan said that the government has already sanctioned Rs 3.5 crore for the road works, which have been completed. Another Rs 15 crore has been allotted to the corporation based on their request, he said. Under NABARD, Rs 3.03 crore has been sanctioned to the district and Rs 4.29 crore has been set aside for educational development, Mohan added.

• For highways, Rs 51.26 crore has been provided for the laying of 126 km roads in the district and another Rs 22.57 crore for bridge works, has been sanctioned. Another major work of Melur Combined Drinking Water Scheme costing Rs 784 crore, through the Tamil Nadu Water and Drainage Board will commence shortly, he said.After 11 districts in the state, the committee reviewed the petitions in Madurai. The committee reviewed 147 petitions of which 62 were scrutinised and 55 redressed on the spot. "It reveals that the district administration at Madurai is very capable," he commented.Later in the day, the committee visited the intensive respiratory care unit and neo-natal care unit at the Government Rajaji Hospital. They later proceeded to the sewage treatment plant at Vellakal in Avaniayapuram and solid waste management scheme of Madurai Corporation. They also inspected the ongoing rail overbridge work at Alagappan Nagar in Bypass road.

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