The Tamil Nadu government on Thursday announced a satellite township on the outskirts of Madurai at a cost of Rs 120 crore and proposed to build 4,454 houses in several other districts.
Making a suo motu statement in the Assembly, chief minister J Jayalalithaa said the township would be created some 15 km away from Madurai along the Madurai-Tirunelveli highway near the airport.
It would be created over 586.86 acre owned by the TN Housing Board in Thoppur-Uchappatti.
The township would have 19,500 plots to be developed at a cost of Rs 120 crore with basic amenities like drinking water, roads, drainage, street light, rain water harvesting facilities and parks. Of this, 14,300, 2,500, 750 and 1,950 plots would be alloted to low, middle, high income groups and economically weaker sections respectively.
It would be complete with schools, commercial complexes, police station, post office, primary health centre, fire station and upgraded industrial houses funded by the housing board. She also said 1,500 flats would be built at Sholinganallur here, using pre fab technology at a cost of Rs 612 crore. The 10-storeyed building would have separate sections for low, middle and higher income groups.
