Chennai: PMK member Sowmya Anbumani urged in the Legislative Assembly that contract workers employed in government transport corporations should be made permanent.
Speaking yesterday in the Legislative Assembly during the debate on the demands for grants for the Transport, Finance, Planning, Development, and Public Departments, PMK member Sowmya Anbumani said: Congratulations on the various measures the government has taken to curb corruption.
More additional inspectors and deputy superintendents should be appointed in the anti-corruption department. The Right to Service Act should be implemented quickly.
The benefits of eradicating corruption must reach the people. In that regard, if corruption is eliminated in the power sector, electricity bills should come down. If corruption is eliminated in the school education department, school fees should come down.
The MLA constituency development fund should be increased to Rs. 5 crore. The constituency development fund could not be used for drinking water purification work (R.O.).
Therefore, an exemption should be granted so that it can be used for R.O. work. In the 106 refugee camps in Tamil Nadu, 57,000 Eelam Tamils are living. The necessary facilities, including housing schemes, should be provided for them.
PMK leader Ramadoss contacted me by phone and asked me to speak in the Legislative Assembly about the welfare of Eelam Tamils.
Mini buses should be operated in villages. The women’s free bus travel scheme should also be extended to private buses.
He also said that contract workers employed in government transport corporations should be made permanent.
