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11 stories for “Project” · August 2026
Clear filtersTamil Nadu will create the Tamil Nadu Mineral Resources Development Corporation Limited, a new Public Sector Undertaking under the Companies Act, 2013, to handle mining, extraction, quality upgrading, import, value addit...
The 16th Finance Commission has recommended more than ₹27,000 crore for Tamil Nadu's Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) for 2026-31, besides special infrastructure and urbanisation grants. A basic grant of ₹20,054 crore will flow...
Tamil Nadu is upgrading its hydropower projects and adding battery storage to handle growing power demand and improve grid reliability. Tamil Nadu Green Energy Corporation Limited (TNGECL), which runs 47 hydropower stati...
The Government of India and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have signed a $230 million loan to modernise Chennai’s water supply and sanitation infrastructure. Under the Chennai Climate-Resilient Water Security and Sewer...
Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has bagged an order worth ₹10,000–15,000 crore to construct India's largest single-cluster Artificial Intelligence (AI) infrastructure facility in Chennai. The facility will house an AI Factory base...
IntroductionExpanding grassroots judicial infrastructure and speeding up the delivery of justice in rural Tamil Nadu, the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court, Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari, on 17 August 2026 in...
IntroductionReinforcing its position as India's premier industrial and manufacturing powerhouse, the Government of Tamil Nadu signed 97 Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) worth an aggregate ₹67,542 crore during the high-p...
IntroductionThe Government of Tamil Nadu has sanctioned ₹828.36 crore for the implementation of the Member of Legislative Assembly Constituency Development Scheme (MLACDS) for the financial year 2026–27, covering all 234...
IntroductionA modern, integrated Interstate Bus Terminal (ISBT) and joint check-post complex was jointly inaugurated on 10 August 2026 at Walayar on the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vij...
IntroductionChennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) announced on 7 August 2026 the successful completion of tunnelling works on the first 6.3-kilometre stretch of Corridor 4 (Light House to Poonamallee) under Phase 2 of the Ch...
IntroductionIn a deeply structural and highly massive urban development thrust, Chief Minister M.K. Stalin strictly and officially inaugurated a fierce absolute massive housing infrastructure influx, forcefully unveiling...
