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The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) volition walk little for infrastructure improvement successful the metropolis successful 2026-2027. The deficit has accrued from ₹378 crore successful 2025-2026 to ₹1,602 crore successful 2026-2027.
In the ₹9,319 crore GCC fund 2026-2027 presented by the Standing Committee (Taxation and Finance) Chairperson Sarbajaya Das connected Wednesday, the civic assemblage has allocated ₹693 crore for tempest h2o drains successful 2026-2027 portion the allocation was ₹1290 crore successful the revised estimates for 2025-2026, utilising backing from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for Kosasthalaiyar basin successful northbound Chennai and KFW for the confederate parts of the city.
The gross expenditure is estimated astatine ₹6,146 crore, superior expenditure astatine ₹2,754 crore and indebtedness repayment is estimated astatine ₹111 crore for 2026-2027.
The gross expenditure for 2025-2026 was ₹5,214 crore, superior expenditure was ₹3,191 crore, portion indebtedness repayment was ₹213 crore successful the period.
Infrastructure spending has reduced successful 2026-2027 owing to the completion of flood mitigation projects successful areas specified arsenic Kosasthalaiyar basin. The ADB-funded projects successful areas specified arsenic Kosasthalaiyar basin successful northbound Chennai person been completed successful galore zones of the city. GCC’s ain root of gross is expected to increase from ₹1,615 crore successful 2021-2022 to ₹3,666 crore successful 2026-2027.
The allocation for autobus way roads successful 2026-2027 is estimated astatine ₹725 crore, portion the revised estimates for autobus way roads successful 2025-2026 are ₹312 crore. The enactment includes footpaths and autobus shelters, with funds from State grants including the Tamil Nadu Urban Road Infrastructure Fund, Singara Chennai 2.0, and the Nagarpura Salaigal Membattu Thittam.
The allocation for coagulated discarded absorption has accrued from ₹272 crore successful 2025-2026 to ₹323 crore successful 2026-2027. This covers the enactment connected bio-mining of the Kodungaiyur dump gait done the Swachh Bharat Mission 2.0, the procurement of sanitation equipment, and infrastructure improvements astatine landfill sites.
The allocation for bridges has reduced from ₹160 crore successful 2025-2026 to ₹130 crore successful 2026-2027. Allocation for buildings specified arsenic nationalist toilets, schools, assemblage halls, commercialized complexes, cattle sheds, and municipality superior wellness centres has reduced to ₹400 crore successful 2026-2027 from ₹475 crore successful 2025-2026.
Special projects, including formation beautification, person received an allocation of ₹85 crore successful 2026-2027, erstwhile compared with that of ₹157 crore successful 2025-2026.
The allocation for the GCC’s Education department, covering 417 schools, is estimated astatine ₹11.13 crore for procurement of desks, laboratory equipment, and integer boards successful 2026-2027, portion the allocation was ₹26.3 crore successful 2025-2026.
The civic assemblage has allocated ₹5 crore for the Integrated Command and Control Centre for surveillance cameras and video walls, ₹4.3 crore for Health laboratory modernisation and fogging machines, ₹4 crore for the Mayor’s Special Development Scheme, and ₹1.11 crore for Medical Services to equip modernised maternity hospitals.
The allocation for parks and playgrounds is estimated astatine ₹28.24 crore, portion the allocation was ₹54.34 crore successful 2025-2026, arsenic a fig of playgrounds successful schools were developed during the period.
The allocation for the mechanical engineering section to acquisition heavy-duty sanitation vehicles and formation cleaning instrumentality has besides been reduced to ₹25 crore successful 2026-2027, erstwhile compared to ₹69.33 crore successful 2025-2026.
