The Tamil Nadu Government has announced a Rs 340-crore residential project development through the Tamil Nadu Housing Board in major cities and towns.

This was part of the announcements on the Housing and Urban Development plans for 2011-12 in the Assembly today, by the Minister, Mr R. Vaithilingam. The plans include development of a 311-acre township to the west of Chennai at Thirumazhisai.

In Chennai, the Government also plans to redevelop some of the old houses with TNHB and the City Improvement Trust to create a larger number of units, and upgrade traffic and transportation infrastructure in arterial roads.

Through new projects, TNHB will construct 2,427 residential units including 723 apartments in Chennai, 16 in Salem, 566 houses in Kanchipuram, Villupuram, Erode, Coimbatore and Tirunelveli, and 1,122 units in Cuddalore, Ariyalur, Virudhunagar, Theni, Madurai and Ramanathapuram.

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