Chennai, 18 Oct 2026: Infrastructure projects worth Rs 440.57 crore, covering education, healthcare, housing and civic amenities, were inaugu rated or launched in Coimbatore district on Friday, with Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay also distributing welfare assistance worth Rs 34.72 crore to 9,343 beneficiaries.
At a government function, the Chief Minister inaugurated 89 completed projects costing Rs 408.25 crore and laid the foundation for 144 new works estimated at Rs 32.32 crore. A major highlight was the inauguration of Periyar Arivulagam in Coim batore, constructed by the School Education Department as part of works costing Rs 301.71 crore.
The Chief Minister also opened additional classrooms, science labo rato ries, toilets and drinking water facilities at govern ment schools, deve loped at a cost of Rs 19.11 crore.
Six public library buildings constructed at SS Kulam, Kuniya muthur, Vellakinar, Negamam, Theenam palayam and Idikarai at a cost of Rs 1.32 crore were also inaugurated.
In the healthcare sector, Vijay inaugu rated an additional building at Sulur Government Hospital, constructed at a cost of Rs 3.50 crore. Other completed projects included 28 rural development works worth Rs 12.13 crore, 14 municipal infrastruc ture projects costing Rs 11.27 crore and 10 town panchayat projects worth Rs 15.18 crore.
The Chief Minister also opened residential units constructed by the Tamil Nadu Urban Habitat Development Board at Ezhil Nagar in Selvapuram at a cost of Rs 26.62 crore and a commercial complex at Uppilipalayam costing Rs 4.15 crore. Among the 144 new projects, 127 works worth Rs 28.24 crore will be implemented by the Coimbatore Corpo ration. These include stormwater drains, drinking water pipe lines, roads, parks, culverts, anganwadi centres, school infra structure improve ments and public health facilities.
As part of the welfare assistance programme, the Chief Minister distributed 2,000 new family cards, assistance to 2,300 beneficiaries under the Tamil Nadu State Rural Livelihood Mission and free educational kits to 1,703 government ITI students. Housing allotment orders were issued to 102 beneficia ries, while pattas, e-pattas and forest rights pattas were distributed under various schemes.
Under agricultural welfare programmes, 450 farmers received assistance through food security and oilseed schemes, while 1,021 beneficiaries benefited from horti culture and microirri gation programmes. Another 117 benefi ciaries received assis tance for agricultural mechanisation and solar drying facilities.
Cooperative loans, including crop loans, medium-term loans, livestock loans and women's self-help group loans, were distributed to 133 bene ficiaries. Financial assistance was also provided to entre preneurs, differently abled persons, sanita tion workers and benefi ciaries of social welfare schemes.
Rural Development and Water Resources Minister N Anand, Revenue and Disaster Management Minister K A Sengottaiyan, School Education Minister Rajmohan, Backward Classes Welfare Minister V Sampath Kumar and Prohibition and Excise Minister K Vignesh attended the function.
School Education Secretary J Innocent Divya, Director of Public Libraries S Jayanthi, Coimbatore District Collector Pavankumar G Giriyap panavar, Corporation Commissioner Katta Ravi Teja and senior officials were present.