PM Modi Inaugurates and Lays Foundation for Tamil Nadu Projects Worth ₹13,000 Crore, Including NH-744 Four-Laning, Port Works and CPCL ₹1,620 Crore Lube Oil Base Stock Unit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated multiple development projects across Tamil Nadu worth an estimated ₹13,000 crore. The projects include a stretch of Chennai Metro Phase-II. Foundation stones were also laid for several highway, port and refinery projects.
The foundation stones for national highway projects are worth about ₹3,700 crore. These include a 36 km four-lane stretch of NH-744 between Vadugapatti and Therkuvenganallur. They also include a four-lane bypass at Thiruvarur on the Nagapattinam-Thanjavur section of NH-83.
Port infrastructure at Chennai and Kamarajar is estimated at ₹640 crore in total. A container terminal at VOC Port, estimated at ₹517.19 crore, is part of the package. It is one of eight projects with a combined investment of ₹753.68 crore.
The Prime Minister also laid the foundation stone for Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited’s (CPCL) Group II/III Lube Oil Base Stocks (LOBS) project. It will come up within CPCL’s existing Manali refinery in Chennai. The project is estimated at ₹1,620 crore.
The source does not give completion timelines, contractors or capacity figures. It does not say which projects were inaugurated and which only had foundations laid, apart from the Chennai Metro Phase-II stretch.
