Jayalalithaa announces series of road projects for Tamil Nadu

The Tamil Nadu government on Thursday announced a series of road projects, covering different parts of the state, running into several crores of Rupees.

Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa proposed Rs 744 crore worth expansion activities on key roads, including the Chennai-Chittoor-Bengaluru corridor.

Making a suo motu statement in the Tamil Nadu Assembly, she said the Chennai-Chittoor-Bengaluru and Pallavaram-Thoraippakkam road would be converted into six lanes from the existing four lanes.

Four laning of various other key two lane link roads would also be taken up and a total of 141.60 km of expansion activities would be done at a total cost of Rs 744 crore, Jayalalithaa said.

With Chennai already having an Outer Ring Road (ORR) and a Bypass, the feasibility of a Chennai Radial Road was also under consideration, she said, adding, the proposed expansion works would act as links to ORR and Bypass, which would help decongest the northern and southern suburbs of the city.

Further, as part of decongestion activities in Hosur in Krishnagiri district, an 18.40 km long ORR would be constructed between Jujuwadi and Perandapalli and 60.16 hectares of land would be acquired for this purpose, she said.

The land acquisition will be done at a cost Rs 215 crore, she added.

Jayalalithaa also proposed bypass roads in Tharamangalam (Salem) and Rasipuram (Namakkal), besides 80 bridges in different parts of the state.

In a separate announcement, she announced a series of initiatives regarding upgradation of irrigation infrastructure.