Tamil Nadu's Legislature gets a grand, green home
RED-LETTER DAY: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi going round the new Assembly complex in Chennai on Saturday.
CHENNAI:Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday declared open the world's first green legislature building, the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly-Secretariat Complex, on the Omanthoorar Government Estate here, heralding the beginning of a new chapter in the history of Tamil Nadu's Legislature.
Witnessed by Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Assembly Speaker R. Avudaiappan, Madras High Court Chief Justice H.L. Gokhale and a host of other dignitaries, Dr. Singh pressed the button to unveil a replica of the complex, marking the inauguration, to the strains of traditional Nagaswaram music.