Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Friday
inaugurated 19,037 solar-powered green houses for poor families in rural
areas, built at a cost of `342.67 crore, through videoconferencing at
the Secretariat. Till 2013-14, 1.8 lakh houses were taken under
the Chief Minister’s Solar Powered Green House Scheme, which is
designed to address the housing issue as well as to promote green
energy. For the current year 2014-15, `1,260 crore has been allocated
for taking up another 60,000 houses. Such a scheme is being implemented
for the first time in the country.
Apart from the green houses, the Chief
Minister inaugurated many school buildings, Anganwadi centres, ration
shops, community cooking halls, and bridges constructed by Rural
Development Department at a cost of `80.43 crore. As many as 1,523
houses built for the people living in the coastal areas under the
Tsunami Reconstruction Project and panchayat union office building at
Pudukottai, built at a cost of `1.54 crore were among those inaugurated
by her.
The Chief Minister also launched the
presentation of `1 lakh each incentive fund to 4,000 federations of Self
Help Groups. Four panchayat-level SHG federations at Pillayarnatham
(Dindigul dt), Koolanaickenpatti (Coimbatore dt), Kammalapatti (Salem
dt) and Chinnamattarapalli (Krishnagiri dt) received the incentive from
the Chief Minister on Friday.
Besides, 30 village panchayat-level SHG
federations have been selected for a cash prize of `50,000 each for
making all its members literates. Of this, the SHG federations at
Kodimangalam (Maudrai dt), Sethirabalapuram (Nagapattinam dt) and
Chennamarareddipatti (Tuticorin dt) received the cash award from the
Chief Minister.
Slum Clearance
Meanwhile, the Chief Minister inaugurated
1,502 residential tenements in a seven-storey building constructed at a
cost of `90.12 crore, at Perumbakkam by the Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance
Board. These tenements are being allocated for the people living in
unhygienic and objectionable places in the city on the recommendation
from the Chennai Corporation.
Source: New Indian Express
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