Archive · 28 Aug 2026
Madurai Corporation Launches Citywide Greening and Beautification Makeover
Madurai Corporation is improving the city’s appearance and public spaces.
It is planting trees and flowers in several places.
Some roundabouts and road medians are being decorated.
Walls are also receiving murals and other improvements.
Private groups and corporate social responsibility funds are helping pay for the work.
CSR money is being used to maintain 14 Amma canteens and other facilities.
Trees are being planted near the Vaigai River in Vandiyur.
The Corporation plans to plant about 4.75 lakh saplings and check their progress regularly.
Madurai Corporation is conducting greening, roundabout beautification, mural and facility-maintenance projects.
Nursery and plantation areas have been established at Rajaji Park Higher Secondary School and Thamukkam Road officers’ quarters.
Private participation is supporting roundabout improvements and ornamental planting on Anna Nagar and K.K. Nagar roads.
CSR funds are maintaining 14 Amma canteens, flyovers, the Meenakshi temple’s east-tower area and Meenakshi Park.
The Corporation has set a target of approximately 4.75 lakh saplings, with monitoring by multiple departments.
- Who
- Madurai Corporation, with support from private participants and corporate social responsibility funds.
- What
- A citywide programme involving tree planting, greening, roundabout and wall beautification, and facility maintenance.
- When
- The work is currently ongoing, with continuous monitoring; no specific date is given.
- Where
- Various parts of Madurai, including road junctions, parks, school and quarters campuses, the Vaigai River banks, and the Meenakshi temple area.
- Why
- To improve and maintain public spaces through greening, beautification and facility upkeep.
- Sapling target
- Approximately 4.75 lakh saplings
- Amma canteens maintained
- 14 Corporation-owned canteens
- Funding sources
- Private participation and corporate social responsibility funds
- Temple area maintained
- The area in front of the east tower of Arulmigu Meenakshi Amman Temple
- Riverfront work
- Tree saplings are being planted along the Vaigai River banks in Vandiyur
- Implementing departments
- Engineering, town planning, city health and education departments
- Initial plantation sites
- Rajaji Park Higher Secondary School campus and Thamukkam Road officers’ quarters campus