On Saturday, Tamil Nadu Minister for Youth Welfare and Sports Development Udhayanidhi Stalin laid the foundation stones for the construction of 2,364 apartment units at a total cost of ₹ 409.74 crore in three different project sites in the city by the Tamil Nadu Urban Habitat Development Board.
These included the construction of 324 apartment units at a cost of ₹61.2 crore in Koyyathope, 240 units at a cost of ₹41.3 crore in Meenambal Sivaraj Nagar in Chetpet, and 1,800 units at a cost of ₹307.24 crore in Kotturpuram. All these are reconstruction projects after the demolition of old apartment units constructed by TNUHDB in 1973-74, which had become dilapidated.
