Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today launched a series of initiatives through video-conferencing from the State Secretariat here.

Among those were around 25 bridges constructed at a cost of over Rs 158 crore across the State and housing projects worth over Rs 30 crore in Coimbatore, Namakkal and Villupuram, a state government release here said.

She also inaugurated two veterinary hospitals and research institutes at Thanjavur and Tirunelveli districts at a combined cost of around Rs 28 crore, it added.

Jayalalithaa inaugurated the Police Commissioner’s office at Tirunelveli, besides a series of housing projects for them.