This included Rs 157.37 crore towards repairing damaged roads to the
extent of 78.80 km in the Ariyalur and Perambalur districts which are
dotted with limestone mines and cement factories.

Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa
has given administrative approval for the grant of the said sum which
will be used towards repairing the roads largely used by hevay vehicles
plying to and fro the mines and factories, an official release here
said.

Further, Jayalalithaa had approved a sum of Rs 81 crore
towards taking up various works on the Chennai-Dindugul national highway
connecting Tiruchirappally and her native constituency Srirangam,
including construction of small bridges.

Government will take up various road-related works in the hill resort or Kodaikanal, Kumbakonam and Salem, it said.

Overall a sum of around Rs 258 crore had been allocated towards road infrastructure.