Minister Balaji promises to provide infra boost

Coimbatore: City roads will undergo a makeover after obtaining special funds from chief minister M K Stalin, said electricity minister V Senthil Balaji, who attended Makkal Sabha events held in wards 59, 60, 61, 62, 63 and 64 of the east zone of the city corporation on Saturday.
“I asked the corporation commissioner why the city roads are bad. He said that special funds are required to lay new roads. I promise you that I will take the issue to the chief minister’s knowledge. Soon new roads will be laid after getting special funds from the CM,” he told the people, who had gathered at the corporation primary school on SIHS Colony in ward 59 to submit petitions.
“Former Singanallur MLA N Karthik told me that his constituency does not have underground drainage system. He had raised the issue many times in the assembly. We will take up works to get funds to carry out the project,” the minister said. “I was shocked to know that drinking water is supplied only once in nine days in the city and asked the corporation commissioner about it. He said the civic body is not in a position to increase the supply frequency. The chief minister will soon implement schemes to supply water once in two days,” the minister said.
Petitioners can expect issues to be solved within 20 days, Coimbatore collector G S Sameeran said.
Balaji inaugurated an exclusive ward for treating stroke patients and a renovated paediatric care centre at the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital.
The six-bed stroke intensive care unit was set up at a cost of Rs 10 lakh under the Chief Minister's Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme (CMCHIS). “The facility will help to treat acute stroke patients and those suffering from hemiplegia, caused by brain damage or spinal cord injury that leads to paralysis on one side of the body,” CMCH dean A Nirmala said.
The 40-bed renovated paediatric fever ward was sponsored by Royal Enfield through Native Medicare Charitable Trust (NMCT). The ward was created anticipating the third wave of Covid -19, which may affect children.