Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Monday inaugurated 10,867 multi-storey tenements across the State, constructed at a cost of `441.50 crore. 

She also inaugurated drinking water projects in six districts established at a cost of `21 crore.

The 10,867 tenements include the 6,000 new multi-storey tenements at Ezhil Nagar Okkiyam Thoraippakkam built at a cost of `228.60 crore, another 2,048 tenements in Okkiyam Thoraippakkam built at a cost of `106.11 crore and the 628 tenements constructed in Nochi Nagar at a cost of `45.39 crore. The tenements located in other parts of the State are: Ammankulam (Coimbatore dt - 792 tenements), Machuvadi (Pudukottai municipality - 96 tenements), Santhaipettai (Pudukottai - 84 tenements), VOC Nagar (Tirunelveli - 207 tenements), Doraisingh Nagar (Tuticorin - 78 tenements), MGR Nagar (Namakkal - 342 tenements), Ezhil Nagar Part-II (Hosur - 192 tenements), Erumapalayam (Salem - 400 tenements) Each tenement is built in an area ranging from 270 sq.ft to 357 sq.ft and construction cost  ranges from `2 64 lakh to `7.23 lakh. The multi-storey tenements have all basic amenities apart from library, small shops, ration shops, borewell and parks.

The CM also inaugurated drinking water projects in six districts - Erode (Aappakudal), Tiruchy (Uppiliapuram) Tiruvannamalai (Anakkavur panchayat union), Kanchipuram (Kattankulathur Panchayat Union), Vellore (Valajah Panchayat Union) and Kanyakumari (Melpuram Panchayat Union) - set up at a cost of `21.47 crore.