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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin inaugurated Semmozhi Poonga successful Coimbatore metropolis connected Tuesday (November 25, 2025), bringing to fruition a recreational abstraction developed by the Coimbatore Corporation.
Spread crossed 45 acres connected the Central Prison grounds successful Gandhipuram, the botanical parkland has been developed astatine an estimated outgo of ₹208.5 crore. The field includes much than 2 kilometres of walkways, 23 themed gardens and a integer works accusation strategy that allows visitors to scan QR codes for details connected each works species, aligning with the city’s absorption connected greenish tourism.
The parkland houses implicit 2,000 works taxon including uncommon bonsai collections. Facilities see co-working spaces, an all-access gym, children’s play area, a terrarium, rainwater harvesting strategy and barrier-free infrastructure.
The connection for establishing Semmozhi Poonga was archetypal made during the World Tamil Literature Conference successful 2010 by erstwhile Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi. Mr. Stalin aboriginal laid the instauration chromatic for the task successful December 2023.
After unveiling the park’s individuality plaque, the Chief Minister made a circular of the campus, notably the installation portraying Kadai Ezhu Vallalgal (the 7 celebrated patrons of the Sangam age). He interacted with industrialists and representatives of civic organisations astatine the 500-seat amphitheatre built wrong the park.
At the event, Mr. Stalin besides inaugurated a lodging task for persons with disabilities astatine Orattukuppai successful Chettipalayam panchayat and handed implicit the keys to the beneficiaries. The project, developed connected 3.98 acres, consists of 86 houses supported done a ₹5.67 crore CSR publication from G.D. Naidu Charities. Each location has a built-up country of 319 sq ft with a hall, kitchen, bath and toilet and includes accessibility features specified arsenic ramps, sliding doors and disabled-friendly toilets.
This marked Mr. Stalin’s 16th authoritative sojourn to Coimbatore since assuming bureau arsenic the Chief Minister successful 2021.
