PERAMBALUR: A new building for the Perambalur Head Post Office would be built soon at an estimated cost of Rs.1 crore, Union Minister for Communication and Information Technology A.Raja has said.
Speaking at a function to mark the foundation laying for a new office building for the Perambalur Municipality on Saturday, Mr.Raja also disclosed that the foundation stones for the new government medical college and government polytechnic college at Perambalur would be laid by the Deputy Chief Minister M.K.Stalin on February 4.
Mr.Stalin would also inaugurate development works worth Rs.150 crores including the Samathuvapuram at Karai, the Primary Health Centre at Velur and the new buildings for the government industrial training institute in the district during the tour, Mr.Raja said.
The Minister said that 3G service would be available in Perambalur district by February.
Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment D.Napoleon, who inaugurated an exhibition of products of self-help groups on the occasion, hoped that the Perambalur Municipality would soon be upgraded as a Corporation.
The opening of the new medical college and polytechnic in Perambalur would help the rural students. He commended the repayment record of self help groups and said that SHGs in Tamil Nadu were role models in this aspect in the country.
Collector M.Vijayakumar said that the new building for the Perambalur Municipality, currently functioning in a temporary building, would be built at a cost of Rs.85 lakhs. The municipality was one of the fast growing urban local bodies in the State.
M.Rajkumar and S.S.Shivashankar, MLAs, Kodiyarasi Duraisamy, Chairperson, District Panchayat, M.N.Raja, Municipal Chairman, K.Palanisamy, District Revenue Officer, Deivanayaki, Project Officer, Mahalir Thittam, Ashok Kumar, Commissioner, Perambalur Municipality, and other officials spoke.
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