By G Saravanan
Published in The New Indian Express, Chennai, on February 11, 2011:
CHENNAI: While Mayor M Subramanian is all set to unveil Chennai Corporation’s Budget for 2011-12 on February 15, more than 15 important welfare schemes the civic body announced last year still remain only on paper.
Among the people-oriented programmes that never took off include eight new blood banks in the city for the benefit of patients, construction of waterless urinals in all zones to save water, new master plan to curb mosquito menace and the construction of a communicable diseases hospital. An exclusive bicycle track also did not materialise, courtesy “legal hurdles while implementing”.Interestingly, some populist schemes, such as distribution of gold rings to children born at Corporation hospitals, were launched last year with much fanfare.The civic body did launch a few schemes that could have benefited the residents, but there were hiccups at the implementation stages. These schemes include, distribution of bags to schoolchildren, planting one lakh saplings, collection of segregated garbage from homes and providing nutritious meals to expecting mothers at all maternity hospitals.
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