Yercaud celebrates CM’s welfare announcements

Salem: The people of Yercaud have welcomed the chief minister’s announcement on Fri­day to lay roads and set up primary health centres (PHCs) in their constituency.

According to S. Jaya­raman, president of Salem District Farmers Club Fed­eration, the chief minister had promised to lay the Yercaud-Danish Pettai ro­ad, provide a link road bet­ween Yercaud and Kondai­yanur, set up primary health centres at three pla­ces in Yercaud and set up a cold storage facility for the farmers at Vala­pp­adi.

“All these are welcome me­a­sures. We are hopeful they will be taken up quickly and completed soon for the benefit of the local people,” he said.

However, Jayaraman said farmers should be allowed to maintain themselves the cold storage facility, rather than let the officials handle the task.

“Officials will not maintain the facility properly but if the farmers are given the responsibility, they will fulfill that with dedication,” he said.

State general secretary of Tamil Nadu Tribal Mov­ement C.  Ramasamy said they were happy about the link road project at Kond­aiyanur, which was the demand of the people for many years.

“We have lost many lives without proper road facility here, but now the chief minister has announced it. We wish the offi­cials speed up the work and lay the ro­ads immediately,” he pointed out.