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Prison construction at Bilichi near Karamadai to take 18 months: DGP of TNPHC
Director General of Police (DGP), Tamil Nadu Police Housing Corporation (TNPHC), Shaileshkumar Yadav on Wednesday inspected the 96-acre land at Bilichi village in Karamadai block proposed for the construction of a Central Prison to shift the facility from Gandhipuram.
It may be noted that during the World Classical Tamil Conference in 2010, then Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi announced that a Semmozhi Poonga would come up in Gandhipuram where the prison was currently located. But, the DMK lost power and again when the DMK came to power, Chief Minister M.K. Stalin announced that the prison would be shifted to Bilichi and the poonga would come up.
The revenue administration identified the 96 acres at Bilichi village. On Wednesday, Mr. Shailesh Kumar Yadav, DIG of Prisons K. Jayabharathi and Superintendent of Police, Coimbatore district, K. Karthikeyan visited the site.
The DGP said a prison complex would come up in 18 months. In the first phase, prison for men and women, prison staff quarters and an administrative block would come up.
