The Tamil Nadu
government on recently announced a satellite township on the outskirts of
Madurai at a cost of Rs. 120 crore and proposed to build about 4,455 houses in
several other districts.
Making a suo motu
statement in the Assembly, chief minister Ms. J. Jayalalithaa said the township
would be created some 15 km away from Madurai along the Madurai - Tirunelveli
highway near the airport.
It would be created
over 587 acre owned by the Tamil Nadu Housing Board (TNHB) in Thoppur
-Uchappatti.
The township would
have about 19,500 plots to be developed at a cost of Rs. 120 crore with basic
amenities such as drinking water, roads, drainage, street light, rain water
harvesting facilities and parks.
Of this, 14,300,
2,500, 750 &1,950 plots would be alloted to low, middle, high income groups
& economically weaker sections (EWS) respectively.
It would be complete
with schools, commercial complexes, police station, post office, primary health
centre, fire station & upgraded industrial houses funded by the housing
board. Ms. J . Jayalalithaa also said
1,500 flats would be built at Sholinganallur here (Chennai), using pre fab
technology at a cost of Rs. 612 crore. The 10-storeyed building would have
separate sections for low, middle and higher income groups.
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