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TN Assembly complex all set for inauguration
Chennai, Mar 3: The Rs 425 crore
state-of-the-art Tamil Nadu Assembly complex,
built over an area of over 80,000 square metres,
is all set to be inaugurated by Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh on March 13. A pet project of
Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, the complex, built
at the Omandurar Government Estate on arterial
Anna Salai, has been designed by German
architect and infrastructure developer GMP
International.
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The civil works of the assembly-secretariat project, for
which the foundation was laid in June 2008 by
Karunanidhi, were undertaken by city-based ECCI company.
UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi is also expected to be
present for the inauguration. The six-storeyed complex
would host the budget session commencing from March 19.
Among the highlights of the new complex would be a mega
size dome 120 feet in diameter and 100 feet in height,
with a supporting iron structure.
