Chennai: On Saturday, Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa announced construction of Amma marriage halls at 11 places in the state at an estimated cost of Rs 83 crore.

"I have ordered Amma marriage halls for the benefit of poor. The halls will have facilities including air-conditioned rooms for bride and groom, guest rooms, dining hall and kitchen", said Jayalalithaa.

The locations of halls will be Tondiarpet, Velachery, Ayapakkam, Periyar Nagar, Korattur in Chennai, Anna Nagar in Madurai, Ambasamudram in Tirunelveli, Salem in Salem, Kodungaiyur in Tiruvallur, Udumalaipet in Tirupur.

Also, the construction of 50,000 houses was announced by the chief minister. The houses will be constructed through TN slum clearance board at the cost of Rs 1800 crore. With this government would offer a subsidy of Rs 945 crore to the beneficiaries to construct 45,000 houses - Rs 2.1 lakh to each unit.