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State Government | Tamil Nadu - India | PID: 192220
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Value: 90 Crore | Infrastructure projects worth around Rs 90 crore, including new foot-over-bridges (FoBs) and modern shopping/commercial complexes have been announced for Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Among the proposals put forth in the Assembly include reclaiming the Pallikaranai marshland.
A study will be undertaken to look at the possibility of converting run-down commercial complexes owned by the city corporation into modern shopping malls. There are 153 such complexes, most of which are in dilapidated state
Apart from this, FoBs with escalator facilities will be constructed at a cost of Rs 45crore. They will come up at Luz Church Road, LB Road, Sardar Patel Road, Arcot Road, Anna Nagar 2nd and 3rd Avenues and on Purasawalkam High Road
Moreover, a water museum at a cost of Rs 20 crore will be set up at Villivakkam Lake, which is being ecologically restored under the Smart City programme
The city will also get air-conditioned luxury toilets ‘loocafes’ at around five locations. The facility will also be extended to other municipal corporations if found feasible
| Updated on: 17 - Mar - 2020
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