Poll-bound Tamil Nadu gets projects over Rs 1 lakh crore in Union Budget
Tamil Nadu, which will go to assembly polls in April-May this year, hit a jackpot on Monday when the Union Government announced a slew of projects, including new highways, worth Rs 1 lakh crore in the Budget presented for the 2021-2022 financial year.
The Centre also announced that the controversial Chennai-Salem Green Express Corridor will be implemented and the construction for the same will begin in 2021-22. The move comes after the Supreme Court had in December upheld the notification for acquisition of the land for the project in a case filed by farmers who objected to “taking away” of their land.
It also said that construction of a new highway between Chennai and Bengaluru will be taken up in 2021-22 fiscal, while the process will be initiated before the end of 2020-2021 fiscal.
