Chennai as a Model City by Mr.Azhagiri
Here are some of the items from his election manifesto ---
- construct elevated highways in Goripalayam, Kalavasal, Palanganatham and South Gate areas to reduce the traffic congestion further.
- fix the traffic congestion in the city by relocating the transport corporations from the city to the outskirts after consulting the police and the transport authorities
- clean up the Kiruthumal River and Anupanadi channel, thereby ensuring a mosquito free Chennai
- tackle the high demand for drinking water, he said that he would convert seawater into drinking water which would be brought to Chennai through huge pipes from Ramanathapuram. He also planned to ensure that water ran perennially in the Vaigai River by linking it with the Cauvery. In addition, he said he would sign an MoU with the World Bank to deepen the tanks in and around Chennai to make irrigation facilities available throughout the year.
- increase the price of paddy and sugarcane for the benefit of the farmers
- weavers that he would get extra funds from the Khadi And Village Industries Board to increase the subsidy given to them, also adding that he would increase the ceiling limit on electricity usage
- Being a sports enthusiast himself he would invest crores to set up a sports facility in Chennai. This academy would also train the physically challenged and is expected to facilitate their participation in world competitions.
- set up a suburban circular train service along the lines of the Chennai Metro. This service, he said, would connect Dindigul and Virudhunagar with Chennai.
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