Erode, Tamil Nadu:
Campaigning for the Congress candidate from the Erode Lok Sabha constituency, Shipping Minister G K Vasan today said the Centre had sanctioned Rs 371 crore for the 'Erode Water Supply Scheme'.
"The long pending scheme has been cleared by the Union Government and the funds have also been sanctioned," he said, inaugurating the office of the party candidate P Gopi.
Under the scheme, water will be collected from the Cauvery at Uratchikottai, 25 km from Erode, which will be stored in tanks at Erode. After treatment process, the water would be supplied to the residents of Erode Municipal Corporation, he said.
Under the Rajiv Gandhi Housing scheme, 16,161 houses were built in the state for the houseless poor.
He claimed major schemes were granted by the Union Government for the state's development, and expressed confidence that the Congress would emerge victorious in all the 39 Lok Seats in Tamil Nadu and form the government at the Centre.
Former Union Minister and Congress candidate from the Tirupur constituency, EVKS Elangovan, said the Congress is facing the April 24 polls in Tamilnadu "with the alliance of general public."