The details were furnished by the Public (Buildings) Department in response to an RTI application filed on August 23.
In response to a specific query regarding the funds allocated for relocating the Chief Minister’s Office to the 10th floor of Namakkal Kavignar Maligai and undertaking related works, the Public Information Officer and Executive Engineer confirmed that Rs 6.17 crore had been sanctioned for the purpose.
The allocation comes amid questions surrounding expenditure on administrative rearrangements within the state Secretariat complex.
Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu Minister Arun Raj on Saturday said Chief Minister Vijay would respond to questions raised by Leader of the Opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin and other legislators in the Assembly on Sunday.
Rejecting allegations that law and order had deteriorated under the present government, Raj said the Chief Minister would address the concerns raised by members across the political spectrum.
“Questions were asked not only by the Leader of the Opposition, but by all other leaders. Our Honourable CM will definitely answer all these questions,” Raj said.
“This government, legislature and democracy are for the people. The CM will answer in the same line as the Leader of the Opposition,” he added.
Raj also criticised Stalin’s remarks on the state’s law-and-order situation, saying the Opposition leader’s speech created an impression that law and order had been satisfactory during the previous DMK government but had deteriorated during the last 100 days.
“The Leader of the Opposition’s speech on Thursday gave the impression that law and order was very well maintained during the DMK’s rule and had gone into shambles only during the last 100 days. But the situation is not like that, everybody knows it,” Raj said.
Earlier on Thursday, Stalin had questioned Chief Minister Vijay, who holds the police portfolio, over the law-and-order situation in Tamil Nadu. He also alleged that the TVK government had failed to introduce any new schemes during its first 116 days in office.
Speaking in the Assembly, Stalin said he wanted answers from Vijay on what he described as a “collapse of law and order” in the state. He also alleged that the government had neither endorsed schemes introduced by the previous DMK regime nor scrapped them.
Stalin further alleged a gap between the government's promises and its subsequent announcements, claiming that the TVK administration was focusing primarily on promoting “reel” content rather than introducing new welfare and development initiatives.
