Chennai: Continuing her tirade against the opposition DMK on the suo moto announcement issue, Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa quoted statistics to show that all announcements which she made in the Tamil Nadu Assembly over new projects have progressed in various departments.
Giving information on the status of announcements related to revenue, information technology and labour departments, she said in a release on Tuesday that steps were being taken to procure hardware and software to provide Internet Protocol Television-IPTV. About 70.52 lakh households have been provided cable TV connections at a cost of Rs. 70 per month.
The connections were provided through TN Arasu Cable TV Corporation and each household was getting 90-100 television channels. Under the Farmers Protection Scheme, in the past five years, 37.68 lakh farmers have benefited and 58,719 farm ponds were set up. About 45 per cent of work has been completed at a cost of Rs 695 crore in the Rs 1,481 crore Coastal Disaster Risk Reduction Project (CDRRP). About 34 new revenue taluks were created to cater to local needs in several districts.
Students were provided certificates like community certificates right in their schools and 42.10 lakh students have benefited. New government industrial training centres have been set up in five districts including Villupuram and 744 students were benefited, she said.
