The New Indian Express            21.10.2013

Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Sunday allocated Rs 120 crore for
the first phase of work to establish a satellite township about 15 km
from Madurai. The first phase will entail the creation of basic
amenities like roads, drains, sewerage, streetlights among others.

Jayalalithaa
has also ordered the use of prefab technology to speed up the
completion of the housing project taken up by the Tamil Nadu Housing
Board at Sholinganallur in Chennai. The prefab method makes quicker
completion of construction projects possible by removing the necessity
to construct buildings entirely at the sites, by pre-fabricating
pillars, beams, stairs, ceilings, etc. in factories and transporting
them to construction sites for final assembly using mortar.

A
statement by the government said Jayalalithaa had ordered the use of
this method to cut down on the time taken to complete the construction
of 1,500 housing units in Sholinganallur, and gave the administrative
sanction for the allocation of Rs 39.51 crore for the project.