Work on to tar road leading to Kumaragiri Hills. The tar-topping works on the 2 km-long road leading to Sri Kumaragiri Dhandayuthapani Swamy Temple atop Kumaragiri Hills in Ward 37 in Salem city will be completed by the end of this month. The works, which began during 2009, are apace and the existing mud road [...]
Rs. 1.65 crore allotted for laying concrete roads under a special scheme Development work:Concrete road being laid on Samundi Street in ward 50 in Salem. Salem Corporation has undertaken many road works in the city under the Special Road Scheme (2010-2011) to the tune of Rs. 1.65 crore. Storm water drainage In Ward 50, [...]
For free flow of traffic:The State Highways Department has taken up improvement works at the traffic junction near Alagapuram Police Station on Saradha Collage Road in Salem on Friday. The Salem division of State Highways has undertaken the traffic junction improvement works in front of the Alagapuram Police Station on Saradha College Road [...]
Collector J.Chandrakumar conducting a road safety meeting in Salem on Thursday. – Photo: P. Goutham Steps will be taken to introduce pre-paid auto fare system in Salem city after consulting the trade unions, said Collector J. Chandrakumar. Presiding over the road safety meeting here on Thursday, he said that as per the wish of the [...]
Salem Corporation has joined the elite club of a few local bodies with its environmental-friendly modern gasifier crematorium, along with its abattoir, receiving ISO 14001:2004 certificates of compliance. The Mumbai-based International Certification Services Private Limited assessed both the infrastructure and certified them for environmental management system with silver ranking with the validity period of January [...]
Directorate of Town and Country Planning has issued notices to 80 buildings in the city, which violated the building rules, said its Director Pankajkumar Bansal. After reviewing the town planning and connected issues in Salem Corporation, he also received petitions from people who had grievances. Mr. Bansal said that no one should buy any property [...]
Collector J. Chandrakumar (first left) discussing traffic problems at a road safety meeting in Salem on Thursday. – Photo: P. Goutham The Road Safety Committee has decided to convert both Advaitha Ashramam Road and Brindavan Road in Fairlands in the city into ‘one-way’ following heavy traffic snarls, especially at peak hours. Representatives Its monthly meeting [...]
Salem Corporation Commissioner Dr. K. S. Palanisamy has urged the residents to take precautionary measures against health problems since the rainy season has set in. In a press release he says that despite various measures taken by the civic body in the areas of chlorination of water supply, hygiene and sanitary conditions, the general public [...]
Agriculture Minister Veerapandi S. Arumugam held discussions with officials of Salem Corporation, Revenue and State Highways to relocate the statue of Rajagopalachariyar in front of the recently constructed Super Speciality Hospital here on Monday. Collector J. Chandrakumar and others took part in the discussion in which the minister suggested that an illuminated traffic island should [...]
On instructions from Corporation Commissioner Dr. K.S. Palanisamy, employees removed various bill boards, which had been remaining at Ammapet zone for long. According to the officials, many bill boards remained despite repeated reminders from the civic body. Hence on Tuesday, the workers removed 20 boards. The initiative would continue in other parts of the city, [...]