Chennai: Chief Minister M K Stalin has said his government was working to make Tamilnadu slum free by 2030.
Inaugurating the two-day Statecon-Vision Tamilnadu Growth for the next 10 years, organized by the CREDAI here, he said the government also plans to provide 9.5 lakh houses to the poorer sections in another 10 years.
He said the construction industry was a major contributor to the State’s economic growth with 18.3 per cent of its share in the form of various housing schemes and also a major revenue giver through registration of lands and buildings.
He said in September alone the State government has earned Rs 5,973 crore through registration of land documents and in November there was an increase of 17 per cent in the registration of new buildings compared to last year.
Urging the construction industry to adopt new technologies, he said this will lead to reduction in construction costs. This could be possible only with the partnership of the government and the industries across all spectrums, he said.
Stalin said the government is taking all types of confidence-building measures to help the construction industry in the form of a single-window system for clearance of projects in 60 days apart from the extension of the period of building plan permission from five to eight years, besides self-certificate and deemed approval methods.
With the formulation of the Third Master Plan for Chennai, efforts are on to combat floods and attend to other civic problems that are occurring every time, he said and added that there was a move to review all future housing-related schemes in the State.
Stalin said that a mega industrial estate is being planned in Pattinapakkam in Chennai city and there are plans to raise the Koyambedu integrated market and bus stand, Madhavaram bus terminus and Sathangadu iron market to global standards.
During the event, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) were signed in the presence of the Chief Minister for creation of five CREDAI chapters at Tirunelveli, Dharmapuri, Hosur, Salem, and Karur.