With begning of her fifth stint as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa yesterday announced development and welfare measures worth over 1800 crore rupees, including for improving roads and drinking water facilities and extending assistance to needy families headed by women.
A state government release said that Jayalalithaa approved five major schemes such as opening more ‘AMMA’ canteens that provide subsidised food, housing for poor and setting up Reverse Osmosis plants for drinking water. It said, under the Tamil Nadu Rural Roads Development Scheme, 3,500 km road stretch will be taken up for development this fiscal. The chief minister has also given consent for a special housing scheme for the poor in town panchayat areas.