G.O. (D) No. 609, Tiruppur City Municipal Corporation Pedestrian Sky Walk Steel Bridges, 2013

What the government order does

G.O. (D) No. 609 of the Municipal Administration and Water Supply (MC6) Department authorises funding for six pedestrian sky walk steel bridges in Tiruppur City. The Government approved Rs.403 lakhs, described as rupees four crore and three lakhs, from the Infrastructure and Amenities Fund.

The proposal originated with the Commissioner, Tiruppur City Municipal Corporation. The Commissioner of Town and Country Planning submitted it to the Government after the Infrastructure and Amenities Promotion Committee recommended the sanction.

Project locations and estimates

The sanctioned works and estimated costs are:

• Corporation Office Road and Mangalam Road Junction, Rs.89 lakhs.
• Town Hall and Railway Station Road Junction, Rs.70 lakhs.
• Kumar Nagar and Avinaashi Road Junction, Rs.58 lakhs.
• Railway Station and Pushpa Theatre Junction, Rs.43 lakhs.
• Dharapuram Road and Kangeyam Road Junction, Rs.100 lakhs.
• Rakkiyapalayam Road and Kengeyam Road Junction at Nallur, Rs.43 lakhs.

The total estimate is Rs.403 lakhs.

Conditions and financial administration

The Infrastructure and Amenities Promotion Committee made its recommendation subject to road medians being provided on all the relevant roads, preventing pedestrians from crossing at road level.

G.O. (D) No. 609 also sets out the accounting arrangements for charging the expenditure to the Infrastructure and Amenities Fund. Key administrative provisions include:

• The Commissioner of Municipal Administration is the estimating, reconciling and controlling authority for the new heads of account.
• The relevant Pay and Accounts Officers and Treasury Officers must make the necessary financial adjustments.
• The expenditure is treated as a new service requiring legislative approval.
• Pending legislative approval, the expenditure was to be met initially through an advance from the Contingency Fund, under separate orders from the Finance Department.
• The Accountant General was requested to make the necessary adjustments at the end of the financial year 2013 to 2014.

Relevance to property owners and buyers

G.O. (D) No. 609 concerns public infrastructure funding and accounting for pedestrian bridges. The source text does not change land ownership, land use classification, planning permission requirements or private property rights.