Archive · 11 Oct 2026
Modi Launches Tamil Nadu Projects Worth Over Rs 13,000 Crore
Narendra Modi announced and opened development projects across Tamil Nadu worth more than Rs 13,000 crore.
They include work on roads, ports, railway stations and other areas.
Modi and Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay opened a new part of the Chennai Metro and started its new services.
The stretch is about 15 kilometres long and has 11 elevated stations.
One report also says it includes a 3.7-kilometre double-decker structure.
At IIT Madras, Modi dedicated a centre that studies the human brain.
He also released an atlas made from more than 1,000 tiny sections of a brain affected by stroke.
Researchers can use the centre and atlas to study the brain and stroke.
Narendra Modi inaugurated projects and laid foundation stones for initiatives worth more than Rs 13,000 crore across Tamil Nadu.
The projects span highways, ports, Amrit railway stations, petroleum and other development areas; National Highways work is worth around Rs 3,700 crore.
Modi and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay inaugurated the Poonamallee–Vadapalani stretch of Chennai Metro Phase II and flagged off services.
The Metro stretch is approximately 15 km long, has 11 elevated stations and cost around Rs 4,900 crore; the second report also describes a 3.7-km double-decker structure.
At IIT Madras, Modi dedicated the Sudha Gopalakrishnan Brain Centre and released C-STROKE, an atlas containing more than 1,000 annotated microscopic sections from a stroke-affected brain.
- Who
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay.
- What
- They inaugurated and launched development projects worth more than Rs 13,000 crore, including a Chennai Metro extension and brain research initiatives at IIT Madras.
- When
- Sunday, October 11; the reports do not specify the year.
- Where
- Across Tamil Nadu, including Chennai and IIT Madras.
- Why
- The projects were presented as investments to improve connectivity and support development; the brain research initiatives aim to advance understanding of the brain and stroke.
Project rationale
Project outcomes
Development benefits
Project rationale
Modi said the investments would strengthen connectivity, support industry and trade, and create employment opportunities for Tamil Nadu’s youth.
Project outcomes
The reports provide these as stated aims and do not include independent assessments of their effects.
- Total project value
- More than Rs 13,000 crore
- National Highways projects
- Around Rs 3,700 crore
- Chennai Metro stretch
- Poonamallee–Vadapalani, Phase II
- Metro stretch cost and length
- Around Rs 4,900 crore; approximately 15 km
- Metro stations
- 11 elevated stations
- Double-decker structure
- The second report describes a 3.7-km double-decker structure
- Brain research
- The Sudha Gopalakrishnan Brain Centre at IIT Madras is to map more than 100 human brains into three-dimensional atlases at cellular resolution
- C-STROKE
- An ischaemic stroke atlas with more than 1,000 annotated microscopic sections from a stroke-affected brain
