T.N. CM Stalin inaugurates 700 new housing units for Sri Lankan Tamils

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Monday (July 7, 2025) virtually inaugurated over 700 new housing units for the benefit of Sri Lankan Tamils living in the State. These units have been constructed at a total cost of ₹38 crore.

In line with the Chief Minister’s previous announcement that over 7,400 new housing units would be constructed for the welfare of Sri Lankan Tamils, these units were constructed at 67 camps in 26 districts across the State.

In the first phase, over 3,500 units were constructed and were handed over to beneficiaries at 32 camps in 18 districts. In continuation, the Chief Minister on Monday virtually inaugurated 729 units constructed in Salem, Dharmapuri, Tiruppur, Villupuram, and Virudhunagar districts.

Mr. Stalin also virtually inaugurated new buildings constructed for the Revenue and Disaster Management Department at a total cost of ₹54 crore in various locations across the State.

Ministers K.K.S.S.R. Ramachandran and S.M. Nasar, Chief Secretary N. Muruganandam, and senior officials were present on the occasion in the Secretariat.

State Minorities Commission thanks CM

In another event, members of the State Minorities Commission called on the Chief Minister and thanked him for the State government providing financial assistance to certain religious minorities, namely Buddhists, Jains, and Sikhs, for their pilgrimages.

As the State government introduced self-certification under the Directorate of Town and Country Planning, functioning under the Housing and Urban Development Department, some beneficiaries who obtained self-certification called on Mr. Stalin and thanked the government for the new initiative.

Representatives of the Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India (CREDAI) also met the Chief Minister and thanked him for the release of the ‘Coimbatore Master Plan 2041’ document, as well as key initiatives by the Housing and Urban Development Department.