Published & Updated as on - 2010-03-23
The Tamil Nadu Government has launched major
initiatives in rural housing and urban infrastructure in the Budget for 2010-11
presented in the Assembly on Friday.
The Finance Minister,
Mr K. Anbazhagan, announced that the ‘Kalaignar Veetu Vasadhi Thittam' aims to
transform the thatched huts in rural areas to permanent concrete structures to
create a hut-free Tamil Nadu. Over the next six years 21 lakh houses will be
constructed under this programme. In the first year three lakh houses will be
constructed at a cost of Rs 1,800 crore with the work starting in the coming financial
year in all the village panchayats. 
The unit cost of each
house will be Rs 60,000 along the lines of the Central Government scheme,
Indira Awaas Yojana. In addition, the State Government will construct one lakh
houses under the Central Government scheme for which Rs 262 crore has been
allocated in the Budget.
In the urban areas 60,000 houses
are coming up through the Jawaharlal National Urban Renewal Mission in 2010-11,
he said.
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The
Tamil Nadu Government has launched major initiatives in rural housing and urban
infrastructure in the Budget for 2010-11 presented in the Assembly on Friday.
The
Finance Minister, Mr K. Anbazhagan, announced that the ‘Kalaignar Veetu Vasadhi
Thittam' aims to transform the thatched huts in rural areas to permanent
concrete structures to create a hut-free Tamil Nadu. Over the next six years 21
lakh houses will be constructed under this programme. In the first year three
lakh houses will be constructed at a cost of Rs 1,800 crore with the work
starting in the coming financial year in all the village panchayats.
The
unit cost of each house will be Rs 60,000 along the lines of the Central
Government scheme, Indira Awaas Yojana. In addition, the State Government will
construct one lakh houses under the Central Government scheme for which Rs 262
crore has been allocated in the Budget.
In the urban areas
60,000 houses are coming up through the Jawaharlal National Urban Renewal
Mission in 2010-11, he said.
Flood proofing
Chennai
Work on the Rs 1,447-crore project
for storm water drains and flood protection in the Chennai Corporation area are
to commence this month. The project is to be completed in three years, says the
budget note for 2010-11.
The State Government has announced
plans for a Rs 130-crore sewage treatment plant with a capacity of 120 million
litres a day to come up at Koyambedu.
These are among the
initiatives to upgrade the urban infrastructure in the State which is among the
most urbanised in the country. Under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban
Renewal Mission the State Government has taken up projects for Rs 9,271 crore
covering drinking water, sewerage facilities, storm water drains, solid waste
management and housing. Urban infrastructure facilities are being created with
the support of financial institutions such as Japan International Cooperation
Agency, KfW and the World Bank which have provided about Rs 2,728 crore.
Source
: Business Line 21/3/10
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