Tamilnadu Secretariat New Building, Tamilnadu Assembly New Building

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will inaugurate the New Tamil Nadu assembly complex in the presence of the state Chief minister Mr. M. Karunanidhi at a function in Chennai today evening.

Tamilnadu State Governor Surjit Singh Barnala, Congress President and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and other Sstates Chief Ministers, Central ministers and leaders of various political parties will attend the function. Over 5000 policemen have been deployed to take care of the security. Traffic on the Arterial Anna Salai will be regulated.

The inauguration of the Assembly-Secretariat complex on the Omandurar Government Estate in the heart of the State capital of Chennai marks another milestone in the history of the elected legislature of Tamil Nadu. It's a state-of-the-art green architecture in the heart of Chennai, New Secretariat Building built at a cost of Rs 450 crore, it is the first State Assembly building in the world to be designed and constructed as a green building. The assembly portion alone is ready now. It may take a few more months for the whole project to be completed.