Dear brothers and sisters,
In a statement read out by Chief Minister Jayalalitha under rule no 110 in the Assembly on 4.4.2013, “In view of the increasing demand for housing now in Madurai district, I am happy to inform this House that an integrated ‘satellite city’ will be created over 586.86 acre land owned by Tamil Nadu Housing Board in Thoppur and Uchchappatti villages on Madurai-Tirunelveli four way road near airport about 15 km from Madurai. 19,500 house sites will be created in this satellite city” so the statement goes on.
The minute the Chief Minster read out this announcement and took seat, the Chief Minister was congratulated and thanked on behalf of RPI, AIFB, All India Samaththuva Makkal Katchi , Manitha Neya Makkal Katchi and CPI. The matter did not end there. The Minister fo the department relating to the announcement rose up and heaped on the golden feet of “Amma” thankfulness for making the announcement relating to his department. Even then the matter did not end. The Speaker stood up and associated his thankfulness along with the greetings conveyed for the announcement of the Chief Minister.
All dailies in Tamil Nadu had published this announcement in a big way as usual. After reading this some relay of thoughts in my mind. After the ADMK came to power in 2011, a similar headline news in all dailies on 9.9.2011. Do you know what it was?
“Residential quarters over 311 acres in Thirumazhisai- Satellite city near Chennai- Jayalalitha’s announcement in the Assembly”
As far as we are concerned, whether in Thirumazhisai or Madurai, the upcoming of satellite city is a happy matter. Because, the place where they are going to form a satellite city in Thirumazhisai was acquired by TNHB during DMK rule.
There was another joke in it then! Though Jayalalitha announced about the satellite city in the Assembly on 9.9.2011 and all party members immediately rose up and praised it, this scheme was announced in the Assembly even before that on 25.8.2011 in the Policy Note placed in the Assembly by Housing Minister R. Vaithilingam. Poor man! Who will care if he announces? Only after “J” announced it got ‘great value’, and came to the notice of the outside world.
Hence, only a scheme already announced in the Policy Note earlier was announced by the Chief Minister in the Assembly on 9.9.2011 under rule no 110 as if she prepared the scheme and announce only on that day.
But what happened to that announcement? Had satellite city been set up in Thirumazhisai? Two years have passed. So far not even foundation laying function seem to have been held.
The idea of forming a satellite city near Chennai did not come then; it came during DMK rule also. After the DMK assumed power in 2006, in an announcement in the Assembly on 1.9.2006, it was informed,
“There is 1.40 lakh acres available in between Old Mamallapuram Road and National Highways No 45, south of Vandalur-Kelambakkam Road. The CMDA has provisionally selected 30,000 acre land from it. 13,000 families are inhabiting in this area. This land area over 270 square kms situated in unpolluted, good environmental condition. This is suitable for a new town set up. Most of the lands in this area remain uncultivated and fallow. While acquiring them water sources area, residential areas, forest areas will be spared and only fallow and dry lands will be acquired. It has been decided to pay fair market price to land owners when lands are acquired. People living in this area will not be displaced. They can continue to live in the areas inhabited by them. The employment opportunities created when the new city is formed will benefit people living in these areas and pave way for their economic development.”
The very next day of this announcement made in the Assembly during the DMK rule, on 2.9.2006, Jayalalitha hastily issued a statement. In that,
“As the power of ruling is entangled in the charge of haughty and mean living beings, anti- democratic and anti-people mess has become routine happening in traditional Tamil Nadu. The satellite city announced by Chief Minister Karunanidhi of minority DMK government near Chennai is also an example for it. When a Chief Minister has no farsightedness, such unilaterally functioning incidents becoming heart rattling mean works, Karunanidhi and his party will have to pay the price for it. Karunanidhi says that this satellite city is to be created to decongest people living in Chennai city. Let him first send his womenfolk, his sons and daughters, grand children, relatives of late first wife, relatives through them, relatives of existing wife and relatives through the arranged life companion out of Gopalapuram and CIT Colony and reduce congestion in the above said areas. Let Karunanidhi, who is very much worried over congestion in Chennai, first realise the congestion caused by his family members and send them out of Chennai. Perhaps Karunanidhi is fond of ‘Thunai’ (female companion). That is why he prefers Thunai Nagaram (satellite city) even for Chennai. There is no chance of Karunanidhi, living in luxurious enjoyment, knowing the pain of people crying out after the announcement of satellite city. Reports keep coming that the satellite city proposal was designed only for benefitting his family members, relatives, grand nephews Dayanidhi Maran and Kalanidhi Maran”.
So had said Jayalalitha in that statement giving not even an iota of place for culture and civility. Even now her statement could be found in the old issues of dailies. But completely forgetting that statement, she herself announced setting up of satellite city in Thirumazhisai. Now she has announced setting up of satellite city in Madurai.
Another funny thing is that even before Jayalalitha issued a statement opposing the satellite city proposal, in a decent manner in which our then fraternal party PMK’s leader Dr. Ramadoss saying that cultivable lands will be affected and people living there would undergo difficulties with the arrival of satellite city, within two days that is on 2.9.2006, in a statement issued by me, I had announced “As incorporated in DMK election manifesto, Governor’s address and budget statement the proposal announced by me for setting up a satellite city near Chennai has been given up on goodwill and advice of fraternal party and with precautionary feeling that innocent public should not become victims of open violent actions planned by some selfish evil forces.”
Still, on 3.9.2006 itself in the official daily of PMK “Tamilosai’ they had written an article under the headline, “Jayalalitha’s statement- peak of indecency.”
In an editorial on 4.9.2006, in the daily ‘Theekkadir’ of CPM, which is now a fraternal party of the ADMK, it was stated, “Chief Minister Karunanidhi has announced cancellation of the proposal of satellite city near Chennai. The Chief Minister has announced that the decision had been taken on goodwill respecting the feelings of fraternal parties. But when the previous (ADMK) regime tried to bring down Queen Mary’s College and construct secretariat in that place, the students agitated. All sections of people opposed it. But it has become inevitable to compare this announcement by Chief Minister Kalaignar with the action of Jayalalitha regime which haughtily refused to give up that proposal. The statement issued by Jayalalitha against the satellite city proposal was the height of political indecency and is painful. The opposition parties have the right to oppose a scheme of the government. But political decency should be maintained in it. But in her statement, Jayalalitha has used abominable and indecent words about the family members of Karunanidhi. This statement only exposed her perversion and malice. That is why even the ADMK members seem to be intolerant when the Chief Minister (Kalaignar) read it out in the Assembly. The Assembly and political arena are only places for conducting decent debates and not places for revealing anger and calumny. The words and actions of Jayalalitha and her partymen only show that they have still not taken lesson from the people’s verdict and corrected themselves”. We cannot but think over these lines at this time.
Just because I have mentioned all these, Jayalalitha might say that she opposed only setting up satellite city near Mamallapuram and not in Thirmazhisai later! But at the same place, we started efforts to set up a satellite city during the DMK rule itself immediately after coming to power in 2006. The people of the area, farmers, opposition and fraternal parties opposed. Hence conceding their demand, on 21.12.2006, it was announced that wet and dry lands would not be acquired for the proposal of satellite city.
Thus, if Jayalalitha and some others had not opposed the announcement of satellite city by the DMK in 2006, the satellite city would have come up during the DMK rule itself, and Chennai city would also have been decongested. But even though the announcement of satellite city by the DMK rule was opposed then, now the fraternal parties of Jayalalitha have welcomed and praised the proposal announced by her. Let us wait and see whether Madurai satellite city also getting delayed like Thirumazhisai and comes into reality soon. But I don’t want to issue a statement in her ‘manner’ about the present ‘Thunai’ (satellite) city of Jayalalitha, who issued a statement “indecently vulgarising” the word ‘Thunai’ when the proposal was announced during DMK rule. Instead I have reminded only the statement issued by her. Only feel like singing “mªj ehŸ Phgf« tªjnj, m«ikna, m«ikna” (“Reminded of that day, madam, madam”.)
Affectionately,
M.K
In a statement read out by Chief Minister Jayalalitha under rule no 110 in the Assembly on 4.4.2013, “In view of the increasing demand for housing now in Madurai district, I am happy to inform this House that an integrated ‘satellite city’ will be created over 586.86 acre land owned by Tamil Nadu Housing Board in Thoppur and Uchchappatti villages on Madurai-Tirunelveli four way road near airport about 15 km from Madurai. 19,500 house sites will be created in this satellite city” so the statement goes on.
The minute the Chief Minster read out this announcement and took seat, the Chief Minister was congratulated and thanked on behalf of RPI, AIFB, All India Samaththuva Makkal Katchi , Manitha Neya Makkal Katchi and CPI. The matter did not end there. The Minister fo the department relating to the announcement rose up and heaped on the golden feet of “Amma” thankfulness for making the announcement relating to his department. Even then the matter did not end. The Speaker stood up and associated his thankfulness along with the greetings conveyed for the announcement of the Chief Minister.
All dailies in Tamil Nadu had published this announcement in a big way as usual. After reading this some relay of thoughts in my mind. After the ADMK came to power in 2011, a similar headline news in all dailies on 9.9.2011. Do you know what it was?
“Residential quarters over 311 acres in Thirumazhisai- Satellite city near Chennai- Jayalalitha’s announcement in the Assembly”
As far as we are concerned, whether in Thirumazhisai or Madurai, the upcoming of satellite city is a happy matter. Because, the place where they are going to form a satellite city in Thirumazhisai was acquired by TNHB during DMK rule.
There was another joke in it then! Though Jayalalitha announced about the satellite city in the Assembly on 9.9.2011 and all party members immediately rose up and praised it, this scheme was announced in the Assembly even before that on 25.8.2011 in the Policy Note placed in the Assembly by Housing Minister R. Vaithilingam. Poor man! Who will care if he announces? Only after “J” announced it got ‘great value’, and came to the notice of the outside world.
Hence, only a scheme already announced in the Policy Note earlier was announced by the Chief Minister in the Assembly on 9.9.2011 under rule no 110 as if she prepared the scheme and announce only on that day.
But what happened to that announcement? Had satellite city been set up in Thirumazhisai? Two years have passed. So far not even foundation laying function seem to have been held.
The idea of forming a satellite city near Chennai did not come then; it came during DMK rule also. After the DMK assumed power in 2006, in an announcement in the Assembly on 1.9.2006, it was informed,
“There is 1.40 lakh acres available in between Old Mamallapuram Road and National Highways No 45, south of Vandalur-Kelambakkam Road. The CMDA has provisionally selected 30,000 acre land from it. 13,000 families are inhabiting in this area. This land area over 270 square kms situated in unpolluted, good environmental condition. This is suitable for a new town set up. Most of the lands in this area remain uncultivated and fallow. While acquiring them water sources area, residential areas, forest areas will be spared and only fallow and dry lands will be acquired. It has been decided to pay fair market price to land owners when lands are acquired. People living in this area will not be displaced. They can continue to live in the areas inhabited by them. The employment opportunities created when the new city is formed will benefit people living in these areas and pave way for their economic development.”
The very next day of this announcement made in the Assembly during the DMK rule, on 2.9.2006, Jayalalitha hastily issued a statement. In that,
“As the power of ruling is entangled in the charge of haughty and mean living beings, anti- democratic and anti-people mess has become routine happening in traditional Tamil Nadu. The satellite city announced by Chief Minister Karunanidhi of minority DMK government near Chennai is also an example for it. When a Chief Minister has no farsightedness, such unilaterally functioning incidents becoming heart rattling mean works, Karunanidhi and his party will have to pay the price for it. Karunanidhi says that this satellite city is to be created to decongest people living in Chennai city. Let him first send his womenfolk, his sons and daughters, grand children, relatives of late first wife, relatives through them, relatives of existing wife and relatives through the arranged life companion out of Gopalapuram and CIT Colony and reduce congestion in the above said areas. Let Karunanidhi, who is very much worried over congestion in Chennai, first realise the congestion caused by his family members and send them out of Chennai. Perhaps Karunanidhi is fond of ‘Thunai’ (female companion). That is why he prefers Thunai Nagaram (satellite city) even for Chennai. There is no chance of Karunanidhi, living in luxurious enjoyment, knowing the pain of people crying out after the announcement of satellite city. Reports keep coming that the satellite city proposal was designed only for benefitting his family members, relatives, grand nephews Dayanidhi Maran and Kalanidhi Maran”.
So had said Jayalalitha in that statement giving not even an iota of place for culture and civility. Even now her statement could be found in the old issues of dailies. But completely forgetting that statement, she herself announced setting up of satellite city in Thirumazhisai. Now she has announced setting up of satellite city in Madurai.
Another funny thing is that even before Jayalalitha issued a statement opposing the satellite city proposal, in a decent manner in which our then fraternal party PMK’s leader Dr. Ramadoss saying that cultivable lands will be affected and people living there would undergo difficulties with the arrival of satellite city, within two days that is on 2.9.2006, in a statement issued by me, I had announced “As incorporated in DMK election manifesto, Governor’s address and budget statement the proposal announced by me for setting up a satellite city near Chennai has been given up on goodwill and advice of fraternal party and with precautionary feeling that innocent public should not become victims of open violent actions planned by some selfish evil forces.”
Still, on 3.9.2006 itself in the official daily of PMK “Tamilosai’ they had written an article under the headline, “Jayalalitha’s statement- peak of indecency.”
In an editorial on 4.9.2006, in the daily ‘Theekkadir’ of CPM, which is now a fraternal party of the ADMK, it was stated, “Chief Minister Karunanidhi has announced cancellation of the proposal of satellite city near Chennai. The Chief Minister has announced that the decision had been taken on goodwill respecting the feelings of fraternal parties. But when the previous (ADMK) regime tried to bring down Queen Mary’s College and construct secretariat in that place, the students agitated. All sections of people opposed it. But it has become inevitable to compare this announcement by Chief Minister Kalaignar with the action of Jayalalitha regime which haughtily refused to give up that proposal. The statement issued by Jayalalitha against the satellite city proposal was the height of political indecency and is painful. The opposition parties have the right to oppose a scheme of the government. But political decency should be maintained in it. But in her statement, Jayalalitha has used abominable and indecent words about the family members of Karunanidhi. This statement only exposed her perversion and malice. That is why even the ADMK members seem to be intolerant when the Chief Minister (Kalaignar) read it out in the Assembly. The Assembly and political arena are only places for conducting decent debates and not places for revealing anger and calumny. The words and actions of Jayalalitha and her partymen only show that they have still not taken lesson from the people’s verdict and corrected themselves”. We cannot but think over these lines at this time.
Just because I have mentioned all these, Jayalalitha might say that she opposed only setting up satellite city near Mamallapuram and not in Thirmazhisai later! But at the same place, we started efforts to set up a satellite city during the DMK rule itself immediately after coming to power in 2006. The people of the area, farmers, opposition and fraternal parties opposed. Hence conceding their demand, on 21.12.2006, it was announced that wet and dry lands would not be acquired for the proposal of satellite city.
Thus, if Jayalalitha and some others had not opposed the announcement of satellite city by the DMK in 2006, the satellite city would have come up during the DMK rule itself, and Chennai city would also have been decongested. But even though the announcement of satellite city by the DMK rule was opposed then, now the fraternal parties of Jayalalitha have welcomed and praised the proposal announced by her. Let us wait and see whether Madurai satellite city also getting delayed like Thirumazhisai and comes into reality soon. But I don’t want to issue a statement in her ‘manner’ about the present ‘Thunai’ (satellite) city of Jayalalitha, who issued a statement “indecently vulgarising” the word ‘Thunai’ when the proposal was announced during DMK rule. Instead I have reminded only the statement issued by her. Only feel like singing “mªj ehŸ Phgf« tªjnj, m«ikna, m«ikna” (“Reminded of that day, madam, madam”.)
Affectionately,
M.K
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