Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palanaiswami informed the Assembly on Monday that various road projects across Tamil Nadu, to the tune of ₹75,000 crore, was being considered by the Centre.
During a debate on the demand for grants for the Highways Department, the DMK questioned the need for the Chennai-Salem green corridor when several other roads were already available. In response, the CM said, “This road [project] is from the Centre. We should use them whenever they [such projects] are made available. That is our stand.”
Mr. Palaniswami said the government had been receiving requests from the public for the expansion of roads and the laying of new roads, and that the State government was taking them up with the Centre.
To DMK member I. Periyasamy’s question about the delay in the laying of road for the Chennai – Bengaluru Express Corridor, which was being implemented at a cost of ₹20,000 crore, the CM said the land acquisition process was on.
Vision 2023
Projects take time to be implemented, the CM said, adding that the AIADMK came up with ‘Vision 2023’ to turn Tamil Nadu into a well-developed State by that year.
When Mr. Periyasamy asked about the Skywalk project, to be implemented near the Chennai Central railway station, Mr. Palaniswami said the Centre had informed that it would implement the project.
