The Tamil Nadu government on April 15th. Announced that the houses to be built by the Tamil Nadu Housing Board (TNHB) from this year would incorporate the Green Building concept.

Revenue and Housing Minister I Periyasamy, speaking on the grants for his department in the state Assembly, said, "the buildings would be constructed with a view to making maximum use of available sunlight and other natural elements (such as wind) according to the Green Building concept."

This would enable the inmates of the houses live in a naturally healthy atmosphere, he added.
The government would come up with an Integrated Township here, which would accommodate one lakh people, on the lines of the satellite city proposed near Chennai but was dropped subsequently following PMK's opposition. The proposed township would also have educational institutions, community halls, parks and other facilities.

"This township would come up by 2013 at a cost of Rs 814.85 crore with 20,000 residential buildings," he said without mentioning where it would come up.

Among other announcements, Periyasamy said that Rs 2000 crore would be invested in the construction of 22,000 multi-storeyed tenements in Chennai, Coimbatore, Salem, Erode, Madurai, Krishnagiri and Tirunelveli, where members from lower and middle income groups would be given priority for accommodation.

To ensure a slums-free Chennai, seven-storeyed residential complexes would be constructed in the city and slum-dwellers would be rehabilated there, he said.


Source: PTI