Stalin lays foundation for new schemes

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin inaugurated five completed

projects worth Rs 14.66 Crores and laid the foundation stone for 20

new projects at Rs 256 Crores under the Housing and Urban

Development Department at Fort St. George at the Secretariat.

The inaugurated projects, to be executed by the Chennai Metropolitan

Development Authority (CMDA) include modernization of libraries in

Ashok Nagar at Rs 12.74 Crores, Mahakavi Bharathiyar Nagar at Rs 7.18

Crores, Indira Nagar (Rs 4.26 Crores Raja Annamalaipuram at Rs 3.49

Crores), and Kavinger Bharathidasan Road in Alwarpet at Rs 12.55

Crores

He also laid foundation for four modern fitness parks built at a cost of

Rs 11.46 Crores. These parks feature open-air sports fields children’s

play areas, yoga platforms, green lawns, walking paths, high-mast

lighting, and parking facilities.

The Somasundaram Sports Ground in Thyagaraja Nagar, upgraded at a

cost of Rs 3.20 Crores, now boasts improved facilities for cricket,

basketball, volleyball, badminton, and table tennis

The CMDA is actively involved in strengthening Chennai’s metropolitan

infrastructure to meet future demands of its growing population,

implementing urban development policies, and executing

comprehensive master plans and detailed development schemes, he

said

Development of co-working spaces within libraries in Anna Nagar at Rs

15.50 Crores and Gandhi Nagar at Rs 24.69 Crores Construction of a

community hall at Harrington Road, Egmore at Rs 13.72 Crores and

multi-purpose centers at Luz Church Road in Mylapore at Rs 8.25 Crores

and Adambakkam at Rs 9.91 Crores

The plan includes up gradation of Chetpet Eco Park at Rs 20.17 Crores.

The event was attended by P.K. Sekarbabu, Minister for Hindu Religious

and Charitable Endowments and Chairman of CMDA; N.

Muruganandam Chief Secretary; Kakarla Usha, Additional Chief

Secretary, Housing and Urban Development Department; A.

Sivagnanam, Chief Executive Officer of CMDA; and other senior

government officials.