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We have been urging the Centre to clear Metro Rail projects for Coimbatore and Madurai, says Thangam Thennarasu

admin — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 15:13:00 +0000

The Tamil Nadu government has given in-principle approval for three extension projects — Chennai airport to Kilambakkam, Koyambedu to Pattabiram, and Poonamallee to Sunguvarchathiram — and recommended them to the Union government for approval and financial assistance.
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The Tamil Nadu government has been continuously urging the Union government to approve the Coimbatore and Madurai Metro Rail projects, Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu said on Tuesday.

In his Interim Budget speech, he said that when the State requested the Centre’s approval of the detailed project reports (DPRs) for the two projects, the Union government returned the proposals, stating that they were not approved since the populations of Coimbatore and Madurai were less than 20 lakh.

The Minister said the State government had given in-principle approval for three extension projects — Chennai airport to Kilambakkam, Koyambedu to Pattabiram, and Poonamallee to Sunguvarchathiram — and recommended them to the Union government for approval and financial assistance. The administrative sanction for the preliminary work was also given, he added.

The work on developing a bus terminal with an integrated multi-modal transport hub and an office complex on the site of the Broadway bus stand was under way at an estimated cost of ₹823 crore. He said the Chennai Metro Rail Phase II project was progressing well.

Published – February 17, 2026 08:43 pm IST

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Budget 2024-25: Infrastructure – The Hindu

admin — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 13:18:41 +0000

The construction of Coastal Road Project is underway, at Haji Ali, Worli, in Mumbai. File
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2024-25 on July 23, 2024, stressing on her government’s nine priorities.

Click here for The Hindu’s live coverage of the Union Budget 2024-25

Ms. Sitharaman said that the Budget will focus on productivity and resilience in agriculture, employment and skilling, inclusive human resource development and social justice, manufacturing and services, support for promotion of MSMEs, urban development, energy security, infrastructure, innovation, research and development.

Here is a collection of all stories from The Hindu regarding announcements on road transport, electric vehicles, housing, telecom, power, railways, airports, shipping and waterways.

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Amit Shah asks cooperative banks to focus on extending more long-term financing to agri sector

admin — Sat, 16 Jul 2022 08:01:26 +0000

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i Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Saturday urged Agricultural and Rural Development Banks (ARDBs) to extend more long-terms loans to the agriculture sector, including for irrigation projects and other infrastructure.

Cooperative banks should focus on providing loans for increasing the irrigated land in the country, he said.

To overcome the challenges of small farm holdings, the Minister asked cooperative banks to think how to operate such small farm fields with a cooperative spirit.

India has 49.4 crore acres of agriculture land, highest after the U.S. If the entire farm land is irrigated, India can feed the whole world, he added.

Addressing a national conference, Mr. Shah said, “If we look back and see the last 90 years journey of long-term financing through cooperatives and how it has percolated down, if you see the data, it has not grown.”

He noted that there are many hurdles in long-term financing and time has come to overcome them with a cooperative spirit.

He also said cooperative banks should not function as banks alone, but focus on other cooperative activities like setting up of agri infrastructure such as irrigation.

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