Thumbs up to AIADMK party in all the eight municipalities in Cuddalore District

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CUDDALORE: 

        Cuddalore has turned into a bastion for the ruling AIADMK as its candidates emerged victorious in all the eight municipalities in the district. The party also performed well in 14 out of 16 town panchayats in the district except for Vadalur and Parangipet.

           The state government’s welfare schemes seem to have swung both the urban and rural voters towards the AIADMK as the it won the chairmanships of Cuddalore, Nellikuppam, Panruti, Chidambaram and Virudhachalam municipalities in the district. The vote margins between AIADMK candidates and their nearest rivals are also huge.

           CK Subramaniyan (AIADMK) secured 39,634 while his nearest rival KS Raja (DMK) got 21,517. S Dhanasekaran of CPM got 5348 votes and P Thamaraiselvan of the VCK got 4799 votes.

Out of 45 wards AIADMK swept 26 wards, 

DMK won in 5 wards, 

PMK in 3 wards, 

VCK won in 2 wards while Congress and DMDK won one ward each 

and the independent candidates emerged victorious in seven wards.

Chidambaram 

             AIADMK’s Nirmala Sundar defeated DMK candidate S Ezhilmathi with a margin of 6988 votes. Nirmala secured 16, 318 votes whereas Ezhilmathi got 9330 votes. CPM’s H.Bowjiya Begam finished third with 3017 votes.

Panruti

         AIADMK candidate P Paneerselvam emerged triumphant with 14,790 votes while S Ananthi of the DMK got 6469 votes. Congress candidate R Panchavarnam finished third with 6160 votes and DMDK’s S Arivoli got 4680 votes.

Out of 33 wards in the region,

the AIADMK emerged victorious in a total of 24 wards, 

DMK in 6 wards, 

DMDK in 2 wards and 

the CPI candidate in  one ward.

Nellikuppam

S Sudhakar, AIADMK candidate, became the chairman of Nellikuppam municipality by scoring 9730 votes while his opponent S Pugazendhi of DMK got 5431 votes.

Vrridhachalam

            AIADMK candidate R D Aranganathan won by securing 13,857 votes and DMK’s V Thatchinamoorthy got 9230 votes. DMDK candidate R Ananthagopal garnered 4131 votes while PMK’s Murugan secured 2731 votes.

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Thumbs up to AIADMK party in all the eight municipalities in Cuddalore District

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CUDDALORE: 

        Cuddalore has turned into a bastion for the ruling AIADMK as its candidates emerged victorious in all the eight municipalities in the district. The party also performed well in 14 out of 16 town panchayats in the district except for Vadalur and Parangipet.

           The state government’s welfare schemes seem to have swung both the urban and rural voters towards the AIADMK as the it won the chairmanships of Cuddalore, Nellikuppam, Panruti, Chidambaram and Virudhachalam municipalities in the district. The vote margins between AIADMK candidates and their nearest rivals are also huge.

           CK Subramaniyan (AIADMK) secured 39,634 while his nearest rival KS Raja (DMK) got 21,517. S Dhanasekaran of CPM got 5348 votes and P Thamaraiselvan of the VCK got 4799 votes.

Out of 45 wards AIADMK swept 26 wards, 

DMK won in 5 wards, 

PMK in 3 wards, 

VCK won in 2 wards while Congress and DMDK won one ward each 

and the independent candidates emerged victorious in seven wards.

Chidambaram 

             AIADMK’s Nirmala Sundar defeated DMK candidate S Ezhilmathi with a margin of 6988 votes. Nirmala secured 16, 318 votes whereas Ezhilmathi got 9330 votes. CPM’s H.Bowjiya Begam finished third with 3017 votes.

Panruti

         AIADMK candidate P Paneerselvam emerged triumphant with 14,790 votes while S Ananthi of the DMK got 6469 votes. Congress candidate R Panchavarnam finished third with 6160 votes and DMDK’s S Arivoli got 4680 votes.

Out of 33 wards in the region,

the AIADMK emerged victorious in a total of 24 wards, 

DMK in 6 wards, 

DMDK in 2 wards and 

the CPI candidate in  one ward.

Nellikuppam

S Sudhakar, AIADMK candidate, became the chairman of Nellikuppam municipality by scoring 9730 votes while his opponent S Pugazendhi of DMK got 5431 votes.

Vrridhachalam

            AIADMK candidate R D Aranganathan won by securing 13,857 votes and DMK’s V Thatchinamoorthy got 9230 votes. DMDK candidate R Ananthagopal garnered 4131 votes while PMK’s Murugan secured 2731 votes.

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Complaint against Chidambaram municipal official

CUDDALORE: 

          Chidambaram Municipal Commissioner in-charge T. Mariappan has lodged a police complaint against the cashier of the municipality, C. Balu, alleging that he had swindled the funds to the tune of over Rs. 1.21 crore over a period of 16 years.

              According to sources, Balu had been working in the municipality in capacity as a junior assistant and cashier. He had been entrusted with the task of remitting municipality money in the Chidambaram branch of the Cuddalore District Central Cooperative Bank. The misappropriation came to light when a cheque issued by the civic authorities recently was returned by the bank for lack of funds.

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Rs. 17.67 crore for preliminary relief works in Cuddalore

CUDDALORE: 

           The State government has made an initial allocation of Rs. 17.67 crore to Cuddalore district for carrying out preliminary relief works in flood-affected areas, according to Collector P. Seetharaman.

           The amount has been earmarked for the following purposes: repairing the highways – Rs. 7 crore; rural roads – Rs. 5 crore; municipal roads – Rs. 1.35 crore; for improving water sources such as lakes, tanks and canals – Rs. 4.32 crore.

The fund allocation for the municipal roads would be made as follows: 

Cuddalore municipality (14 km stretch of road) – Rs. 70 lakh; 

Chidambaram (8 km) – Rs. 40 lakh; and

Vriddhachalam (5 km) – Rs. 25 lakh.

            In a statement released here, the Collector also said that the government was likely to sanction an additional fund of Rs. 10 crore for road works. The floods had claimed the lives of 18 persons and 315 cattle heads in the district.

          So far, a solatium of Rs. 2 lakh each had been given to the families of seven victims and Rs. 8.61 lakh to owners of 224 cattle heads, including 49 bullocks, 49 calves and 126 goats.

           As per the estimate, a total of 1,162 huts were fully damaged and 14,595 huts partly damaged. A compensation of Rs. 45.70 lakh had been given to 914 fully damaged huts (at the rate of Rs. 5,000 each) and Rs. 36.60 lakh to 1,264 partly damaged huts (at the rate of Rs. 2,500 each).

          The Collector has appealed to the elected representatives of local bodies, including chairpersons of panchayat unions, town panchayats and municipalities to extend full cooperation to the officials to expedite the relief works.

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