Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa allocates Rs 150 cr for developing Anna University infrastructure

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has allocated Rs 150 crore towards developing infrastructure in the regional offices and constituent colleges functioning under Anna University across the state.

While Rs 30 crore has been allocated for each of the regional offices in Madurai and Coimbatore to construct buildings, another Rs 30 crore would be spent for hostels in Madurai, Coimbatore and Tirunelveli, a state government press release said.

The allocation would also cover construction of hostels in Dindugal, Ramanathapuram, Tuticorin and Nagercoil, Pattukottai and Panruti, it said.

Basic amenities in 12 university constituent colleges would be developed at a cost of Rs 10 crore, it added.