Thursday, July 11, 2019

State will get 3 new law colleges this yr, says CM

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:11.07.2019

The state is set to get three new government law colleges this financial year, chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami announced in the assembly on Wednesday.

“The three new colleges are being inaugurated as the number of applications for studying law has been on the rise. Work on the three colleges will commence immediately and a special officer will be appointed to oversee the work in each college,” said Palaniswami. He, however, did not reveal the names of the districts where the colleges will be located.

“Each law college will be established at a cost of ₹3.17 crore and a total of ₹9.52 crore has been sanctioned,” said Palaniswami, adding that infrastructure in Coimbatore law college will be upgraded at a cost of ₹7.7 crore.

As for the infrastructure of courts, the chief minister said a new multi-storey building will be constructed on the Madras high court campus at an estimated ₹202.40 crore. He said all sub-courts functioning within the high court complex will be shifted to the new building.

An integrated court complex will be constructed at a cost of ₹5.09 crore at Srivaikuntam in Tuticorin district. Another integrated court complex will be constructed at Paramathi in Namakkal district at ₹10.93 crore cost, the CM said.

Commercial taxes department officials will get computers and other infrastructure at ₹21.63 crore cost. An integrated commercial taxes department building will be constructed at a cost of ₹23.38 crore in Trichy. The chief minister also announced that own buildings for commercial tax departments will be constructed at various districts at a cost of ₹24 crore.

The government has allocated ₹1,200 crore towards upgrading rural roads in the state. More than 5,000 km of rural roads will be upgraded under the initiative. “Work will be undertaken to repair and renovate roads and dams damaged in delta districts due to Cyclone Gaja at an estimated cost of ₹200.53 crore,” he said.

Loans to the extent of ₹12,500 crore has been set as target for self-help groups across the state. “The national rural economic transformation project will be launched in the state this year. A total of ₹210.27 crore will be spent in the next four years under the scheme in Cuddalore, Erode, Salem, Thanjavur and Trichy districts. This year ₹40.61 crore has been sanctioned,” said the chief minister.



The three new law colleges are being inaugurated as the number of applications for studying law has been on the rise. Work on the colleges will commence immediately

EDAPPADI K PALANISWAMI

TN chief minister

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