Raja Gopal

The Baladevjew Temple endowment trust has procured 1,200 cubic feet of sal wood for constructing the state's second-tallest wooden chariot, standing at 64 feet. This year, all 14 wheels will be newly crafted due to previous issues with old timber.

The Odisha government has sanctioned Rs 1 crore for a new wooden chariot for Lord Baladevjew's Rath Yatra in Kendrapada. This new chariot, requiring 3,550 cubic feet of sal wood, will feature 14 wheels, replacing the old one that experienced wheel damage last year. The Baladevjew temple itself dates back to 1761.

Corporation commissioner raja gopal Sunkara will conduct an interview for engineers at corporation’s main building in Town Hall on May 16 for their registration under the corporation.

The pothole-ridden service roads along the approach road leading to the Coimbatore airport will be repaired soon, municipal corporation commissioner raja gopal Sunkara said.The badly damaged roads were one of the topics of the airport advisory committee meeting held on Wednesday.

The city corporation launched stray dog census in the east zone on Thursday.Twenty-five volunteers of an NGO are involved in the enumeration, which will help the civic body to carry out population control measures, corporation commissioner raja gopal Sunkara said.

Health officials with the city corporation conducted a surprise check in 40 shops in central zone and seized 75 kg of one-time use plastic bags and other banned materials on Tuesday.

A 58-year-old joint director of the economics and statistics department was on Wednesday arrested on charges of cheating several NGOs and private companies to the tune of Rs 1 crore.

City corporation commissioner raja gopal Sunkara on Thursday said they have sped up the process of granting approval for building plans for new structures and extension of existing buildings.

City corporation mayor Kalpana Anandakumar on Thursday held a pre-budget meeting with the representatives of traders, residents and environmental groups, seeking their suggestions on collecting revised property tax and improving basic amenities.

The city corporation is facing an acute manpower shortage, which is hindering measures to recover encroached open space reservation (OSR) lands, commissioner raja gopal Sunkara said on Tuesday.

City corporation commissioner raja gopal Sunkara has urged voters to visit websites www.ccmc.gov.in and www.tnsec.tn.nic.in to get details about the ward they belong to and cast their votes accordingly for the urban local body election on Saturday.

Little did Ramachandra Thondaiman, the ruler of the erstwhile Pudukottai princely state, realise that an act of caution on his part would create ripples in the royal lineage more than a century later.

As many as 6,192 employees will be deployed to conduct elections for the city corporation, commissioner raja gopal Sunkara said after convening a meeting with political party representatives on Friday to brief them about the guidelines issued by the state election commission.

A six-day drive to distribute deworming tablets to children and women between the age group of 20-30 kicked off in the city on Monday.Mayor Kalpana Anandakumar and corporation commissioner raja gopal Sunkara inaugurated the drive at the corporation middle school in Sanganoor.

Corporation commissioner raja gopal Sunkara has issued a show cause notice to the sanitary supervisor of wards 90 and 91 for misusing a compactor vehicle to bring waste from outside the city to Vellalore dump yard, which is managed by the civic body.

The city corporation has formed five medical teams, each consisting of a doctor and a nurse, to treat Covid-19 patients who have isolated themselves at homes.A health official of the corporation said a team each will be deployed in the five zones.

City corporation commissioner raja gopal Sunkara has relieved deputy corporation commissioner G Vimalraj from the posting with effect from Friday morning.

The contractors carrying out smart city projects have been asked to speed up the work.Race Course Road work, Krishnampathy lake development and Periyakulam lake development works are yet to achieve the desired pace, corporation commissioner raja gopal Sunkara said.

City corporation commissioner raja gopal Sunkara on Tuesday placed the sanitary supervisor of ward 78 under suspension for forcing conservancy workers to work in an unsafe environment without any safety gears.

A 32-year-old woman, Gomalatha of Paramakudi has knocked on the doors of the Madurai bench of the Madras high court by way of filing a habeas corpus petition (HCP) seeking the court's intervention to find her husband raja gopal, who went missing from 2011.