madurai madurai east is both a semiurban and semirural constituency but its profile has undergone a change with p moorthy who has won from here for the second time being made the minister for commercial taxes and registration in the stalin cabinet the 56yearold dmk leader has charted big plans for his constituency as well as the rest of maduraiq what is your immediate plan or priority for your constituencya i brought underground drainage system to my constituency after a 10year struggle during the previous aiadmk regime but many places were left out connecting these areas by laying ugd to a length of 100 kms in my constituency is my priorityq what is the other main issue that you plan to solvea the drinking water issue i hope to provide drinking water pipeline connections to every house in my constituency as now it is our rule and achieving the best for my people will not be difficult roads also would be relaidq there are many villages in your constituency where people have to walk quite a distance to buy ration can this be solveda yes i plan to renovate ration shops in my constituency shift some of them to permanent buildings and if they are over two kilometres away from a specific place i plan to establish parttime ration shops so that people do not have to travel long distances for their rationsq what are your achievements during your previous terma places under madurai corporation limits reeled under water scarcity i took steps to deepen the tanks in these places and bring water from periyar channel to fill them so that the groundwater got recharged also during the covid first wave i purchased four vehicles to spray sanitizers and disinfect all the residential areas with rs one crore from my mla fund i purchased the vehicles from bhel in trichyq covid was the time when peoples representatives were forced to act what did you doa i provided two kilogram of rice for every household in the village limits in the city people found it difficult to get vegetables so i made arrangements for vegetables to be delivered at the doorstepq as minister what plans do you have for maduraia yes in this city of meenakshi which is known for tourism i also plan to develop the vandiyur tank by coordinating with madurai north mla k thalapathy and make it a tourist spot it will be deepened strengthened and beautified this is a longpending plan which i hope to make a realitymla p moorthyconstituency madurai eastmajor problemslack of ugd connectivity in many places in the constituencydrinking waterdamaged roads both in the urban and rural limitspromisesconnecting the ugd system by providing connectivity to a length of 100 kmsproviding drinking water pipelines to every houseupgrading all government schools in the villageshow to reach himpeople can always meet him at the circuit house in the evenings when he is in the city he can be contacted on9362681281 9042985262