Tamil Nadu CM launches ₹1,580 crore housing scheme
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Thursday launched a housing scheme estimated at ₹1,580 crore with Central assistance for the economically poor. In the year 2016-17, concrete houses will be constructed for 50,170 beneficiaries in town panchayat limits, an official release said. To mark the launch of the scheme Palaniswami gave away work orders to five beneficiaries, it added.