Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches development projects worth over Rs 13,000 crore in Tamil Nadu

Key facts

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 11, 2026 inaugurated and laid foundation stones for development projects worth over Rs 13,000 crore across Tamil Nadu.
• Modi inaugurated the Poonamallee-Vadapalani stretch of Chennai Metro Phase II, built at a cost of around Rs 4,900 crore, which features a 3.7-km double-decker structure and advanced signalling systems designed to support driverless operations.
• Modi dedicated to the nation the Sudha Gopalakrishnan Brain Centre at IIT Madras and launched its global scientific mission to map more than 100 human brains into three-dimensional atlases at cellular resolution across the human lifespan.
• Modi laid the foundation stone for and inaugurated National Highway projects worth around Rs 3,700 crore in Tamil Nadu.
• Modi said the Centre increased India's metro network from 250 kilometres in 2014 to 1,100 km now, reaching 25 cities.
• Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay sought the Centre's approval for Chennai Metro Phase III, high-speed railway corridors between Chennai-Coimbatore and Chennai-Kanyakumari, the Godavari-Cauvery river-linking project, and funds under the Samagra Shiksha scheme.