Now, Tamil Nadu CM Palaniswami toes Jaya’s 110 line in Assembly

Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Monday followed the footsteps of the late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa in making use of Rule 110 of the Assembly for announcing various welfare schemes.

Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Monday followed the footsteps of the late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa in making use of Rule 110 of the Assembly for announcing various welfare schemes.

During the zero hour, he made announcements regarding seven departments. When Leader of Opposition, M K Stalin asked why these were not made during the demands for grants for each departments held earlier, School Education Minister KA Sengottaiyan justified it saying that there was nothing new and the chief minister was only following the late Chief Minister.

New schemes

• Hi-tech labs for 3,090 govt high schools and 2,939 govt higher secondary schools (Rs 438 crore)
• 3,000 smart classrooms for schools in rural areas
• Seven new arts and  science colleges and three university constituent colleges (Rs 100 cr)
• Century-old  DPI building, housing Directorate of School Education, to be replaced by a new building (Rs 33 crore)
• Infrastructure to provide goods, environment in schools (Rs 39.1 cr)
• More classrooms for 43 govt arts and  science colleges (Rs 105 crore this year; Rs 105 crore next year)
• 42-year-old  district sports complex at Kancheepuram to be replaced by a new one (Rs 15 cr)
• World class swimming pool in Manonmaniam Sundaranar University complex (Rs 5 crore)
• Sports complex at Melakottaiyur for canoeing, kayaking (Rs 4.6 cr)