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CM Vijay Urges PM Modi for Rs 5110 Crore and Major Infrastructure Projects
- •Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to quickly approve the third phase of the Chennai Metro Rail project.
- •Vijay proposed building an interstate metro line connecting Hosur with Bommasandra in Karnataka and highlighted metro projects in Coimbatore and Madurai.
- •He requested new high-speed rail corridors from Chennai to Kanyakumari and Chennai to Coimbatore following the Union Budget 2026 announcements.
- •Vijay called the Godavari-Cauvery river-linking project a national priority and urged making Tamil the primary language in the Madras High Court.
- •He requested the central government to release the pending Rs 5,110 crore under the SSA scheme without any conditions.
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to quickly approve the third phase of the Chennai Metro Rail project and proposed building an interstate metro line connecting Hosur with Bommasandra. He also requested new high-speed rail corridors from Chennai to Kanyakumari and Chennai to Coimbatore, alongside releasing a pending amount of Rs 5,110 crore under the SSA scheme.
CM Vijay highlighted the Godavari-Cauvery river-linking project as a national priority to ensure resource equity among states. Additionally, he urged the central government to take necessary steps to make Tamil the primary language for judicial proceedings in the Madras High Court.
For the metro expansion under the third phase, connectivity was proposed for Airport-Kilambakkam and Poonamallee-Sunguvarchatram. Regarding the high-speed rail corridors announced in the Union Budget 2026, CM Vijay requested new routes connecting Chennai to Kanyakumari and Chennai to Coimbatore.
