Mayor inspects Chithirai fest work
Madurai:
Mayor Indrani Ponvasanth
inspected ongoing civic preparations for the
Chithirai festival
near the
Meenakshi Amman Temple
on Saturday. Earlier, she inaugurated newly constructed toilet facilities across several wards under the
Swachh Bharat Mission 2.0
.
The mayor, accompanied by corporation commissioner Chitra Vijayan, visited Four Masi streets and surrounding areas and inspected sanitation, infrastructure, and public convenience measures implemented there for the fest. The corporation has installed 23 drinking water tanks, 13 permanent toilets, five temporary restrooms, and five mobile medical camps and wellness centres in the temple vicinity. It has repaired roads, installed streetlights, and placed bins at key locations.
The mayor also inspected health records and infrastructure of the primary health centre on North Avani Moola Street. The new public toilets are constructed at Rs 35 lakh near Thirupparankundram bus stop, at Rs 25 lakh in the girivalam area. Besides, a borewell and a tank were installed at Sudheer Nagar (ward 76) at Rs 4.98 lakh. She also reviewed drainage issues at Vasanth Nagar (ward 75).
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