Tamil Nadu CM Vijay inaugurates various state projects via video conference
The Chief Minister launched housing, industrial, and infrastructure projects worth several thousand crore rupees across multiple districts in Tamil Nadu.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay inaugurated several completed projects through a video conference from the Secretariat in Chennai on Wednesday, according to The Hindu.
The projects include 643 tenements and commercial complexes built by the Tamil Nadu Housing Board in Chennai at a cost of ₹1,003.97 crore. He also inaugurated 125 tenements by the Tamil Nadu Urban Habitat Development Board in Karur district's Kulandhai Goundanur, costing ₹17.56 crore.
The Chief Minister launched a special incentive of ₹709.5 per tonne for approximately 85,000 sugarcane farmers across the state. An official release stated the government will incur an additional expenditure of ₹603.33 crore this year under this scheme.
Two new Tamil Nadu Small Industries Development Corporation (TANSIDCO) industrial estates were inaugurated, located at Perundurai in Erode district for ₹15.23 crore and Nayanur in Villupuram district for ₹5.67 crore. Additionally, a common service centre for a coir cluster was launched at Moolipalayam in Tiruppur district at a cost of ₹13.95 crore.
Infrastructure developments included an integrated cocoon market complex at Sokathur in Dharmapuri district costing ₹19.2 crore. The Chief Minister also inaugurated new buildings for the Police and Fire and Rescue Services Departments at a total cost of ₹17.31 crore.