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INDIA : Tamil Nadu approves Rs 1450 cr worth urban infrastructure projects

Published 22 Dec 2011

The Tamil Nadu Government has given go ahead signal to a number of projects worth over Rs 1,450 crore to upgrade urban infrastructure.

As per official press release, the Government has sanctioned Rs 500-crore project metropolitan development scheme for Chennai and its suburbs, Rs 750 crore for other corporations and municipalities as part of an integrated urban development scheme and Rs 200 crore for road infrastructure.

Mr K.P. Munusamy at Ministry of Municipal Administration and Rural Development review meeting marked to speed up these projects and complete them on schedule.

Beside this under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission over Rs 6,648 crore will be spent on urban infrastructure development, Rs 1,414 crore as a part of the Tamil Nadu Urban Development Scheme, Rs 839 crore through funding from German Development Bank and the Japan International Cooperation Agency and other funding agencies to set up a range of infrastructure including water supply, drainage, roads, public transport, municipal solid waste management and education facilities

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