Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government
today announced a series of welfare measures, including proposing new
engineering colleges and drinking water projects, totally a cost of over
Rs 1,000 crore.
Chief Minister Jayalalithaa announced combined
drinking water projects for Cuddalore and Puthukottai districts based on
Kollidam river at a cost of over Rs 575 crore.
Similar projects
were also announced for Theni, Dindigul, Tirunelveli, Kancheepuram and
Chennai districts at an overall cost of over Rs 200 crore, a state
government release said.
Further, new engineering colleges would come up in Dharmapuri and Tanjavur districts at a total cost of Rs 179.80 crore.
The
Chief Minister approved an initial sum of Rs 14.10 crore towards each
college, which will come up in Chettikarai and Chengipatti in the
respective districts, it said.
Jayalalithaa also directed setting
up 10 new polytechnic colleges, including in Madurai, Tiruchirappalli,
Theni and Vellore districts at a proposed cost of Rs 138 crore.