Thoothukudi Corporation presents ₹9.69 crore surplus Budget; proposes to lay 278 new roads

The Corporation, in its Budget tabled on Thursday by Mayor Jegan Periyasamy for the next fiscal, has proposed to lay 278 new roads in this port town and create market zones at different places to enable the roadside vendors to sell their products with ease.

The Budget also proposes to plant trees on 100 acres spread at several places, dig ponds at five places to improve groundwater table and install a plant to synthesise natural gas from waste getting generated within the Corporation limits.