TH Exclusive | From cities to panchayats, CM’s mission to clear ₹376 crore worth of infra work: 561 km of roads on upgrade list

With monsoon rains expected to continue in the Northeast till December, the Tamil Nadu government has approved 2,880 infrastructure works – related to improvement of roads, water supply, water bodies, parks and retaining walls – worth ₹ 376.65 crore across the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC), other municipal corporations, municipalities and city panchayats for 27.2.

Three government orders were issued by the Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department on October 28.

The sanctions were taken as part of the Chief Minister’s Integrated Mission for Urban Development, 2026-2031, which, as announced during the 2026-27 State Budget, will “bring urban infrastructure, water supply, underground sewerage, solid waste management, urban communications, transport, expansion of green spaces and conservation of water bodies under one roof”.

Local authorities have been asked to carry out road realignments “without raising existing road levels”.

Distribution of allocations

Out of the total allocation, ₹ 138.11 crore was sanctioned for 680 projects proposed by GCC. These include 148.1 km of roads — 595 asphalt surfaced roads with a length of 136.57 km, 58 cement concrete roads (8.47 km) and 25 lockable carriageways (3.06 km). Two other projects include the entrance and VIP gates of the Chennai airport. The Mission will contribute ₹124.29 crore and the GCC will contribute ₹13.82 crore.

Road work

Residents of municipalities and urban panchayats across the state will get new bituminous surfaced (BT) roads, with 1,138 road works covering 213.57 km in municipalities and corporations and another 120 works covering 20.80 km in urban panchayats sanctioned. City projects include Rameswaram in Ramanathapuram, Coonoor in Nilgiris, Puliangudi and Surandai in Tenkasi, Perundurai and Bhavani in Erode and Jolarpet in Tirupatur. Among the societies covered are Hosur, Tiruppur, Coimbatore, Erode, Vellore, Tirunelveli and Tiruchirappalli.

Cement concrete (CC) roads will be rehabilitated over 47.62 km through 361 projects in municipalities and corporations including Ranipet, Kollencode in Kanniyakumari, Pallapatti and Pugalur in Karur, Nellikuppam in Cuddalore, Vellore Corporation and Avadi in Tiruvallur. Another 310 CC road rehabilitation works covering 56.32 km are planned in city panchayats, while 63 projects will convert 10.19 km of dirt roads into CC roads.

The interlocking paved (ILP) roads will be laid for a length of 2.68 km through 13 projects in municipalities and corporations, including Rameswaram in Ramanathapuram, Melur in Madurai and Kancheepuram Corporation. Eight city panchayat projects will convert 0.36 km of dirt roads into ILP roads.

Another ₹154.05 crore was sanctioned for 1,513 projects proposed by the Director of Municipal Administration. These are works on 1138 roads with an asphalt surface (213.57 km), 361 cement concrete roads (47.62 km) and 13 interlocking roads (2.68 km); and a ₹22.82 crore water supply project at Ambur in Tirupattur district. The Mission will contribute ₹138.64 crore and the local bodies will contribute ₹15.41 crore.

₹ 84.49 crore has been sanctioned for city panchayats for 687 projects proposed by the director of city panchayats. They include 120 conversions of clay roads to asphalt roads, 153 asphalt road renewals, 63 conversions of dirt roads to cement concrete roads and 310 cement concrete road renewals. Eight projects include the conversion of dirt roads into lockable walkways.

A total of 15 water bodies, 17 parks and a retaining wall at Adikaratti in the Nilgiris are also planned to be improved. These include water bodies at Kanadukathan, Kandanur, Pallathur and Puduvayal in Sivaganga district; three locations at Uthiramerur in Kancheepuram; Chetpet in Tiruvannamalai; two places in Theni district; Arimalam in Pudukkottai; Sayalkudi in Ramanathapuram; and Palugal and Pacode in Kanniyakumari.

The mission’s contribution will be ₹76.14 crore and the local bodies’ contribution will be ₹8.35 crore.

Published – 11 Nov 2026 23:41 IST