Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami and Minister for Municipal Administration S.P. Velumani inspected the Ukkadam Big Tank (Periyakulam) on Sunday evening, after completing the election campaign at Thondamuthur here.
The Coimbatore Corporation has taken up a lake development project under the Central government’s Smart Cities Mission.
Various parts of the beautified lakefront were decorated with lights and fireworks lit up the evening sky to welcome the leaders.
Speaking at the event, Mr. Velumani said that the two-day election campaign was the first time that Mr. Palaniswami had extensively toured the entire Coimbatore district and termed the works done at the Ukkadam Big Tank under the Smart Cities Mission as ‘world-class.’
HM members removed
The Periyanaickenpalayam police removed around 250 members of Hindu Munnani, who were planning to stage a demonstration in front of the Chief Minister’s convoy at Press Colony, on Sunday afternoon. The police said that the members…