Chief Minister to inaugurate renovated temple tank, widened highway in Tiruvannamalai on October 22

Chief Minister M.K. Stalin will inaugurate the renovated tank of Arunachaleswarar temple and the widened four-lane Cuddalore-Chittoor Road during his two-day visit to Tiruvannamalai on October 21 and 22.

Officials of the State Highways Department, which executed the widening work of the stretch, said the foundation stone for the ₹209-crore (Tiruvannamalai ₹140 crore; Kallakurichi ₹69 crore) four-lane work was laid at Edapalayam near the town in June 2022.

“The stretch connects key districts of Kallakurichi, Tiruvannamalai, Ranipet, Vellore, and Tirupattur before ending in Chittoor (A.P), covering a distance of 205 km. Of this, 28 km between Kallakurichi (8.5 km) and Tiruvannamalai (19.5 km) has been widened,”K. Raghuraman, assistant director (AD), State Highways (Tiruvannamalai), toldThe Hindu.