The Tamil Nadu govern-¡ment has allocated Rs.300 crore towards the Chennai Mega City Development Mission (CMCDM) in the revised budget estimate presented in the assembly. This is in addition to the Rs.500 crore already pledged in the 2016-17 interim budget in February.
The cash boost will help the Greater Chennai Corporation and Chennai Metro Water Supply and Sewerages Board in completing ´spill over work´ noted finance minister O Panneerselvam.
Since CMCDM´s launch in 2011, the state government has allotted Rs.500 crore annually in a bid to improve the standards of basic infrastructure like roads and streets, drinking water, sewerage and sanitation, storm water drains, solid waste management, bus shelters and parking places in an integrated manner.
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