Marg Ltd, a Chennai-based integrated infrastructure company plans to launch a ‘Provision of Urban Amenities in Rural Areas' project in Karaikal.

The company won the Rs 93-crore public private partnership project of the Ministry of Rural Development of the Government of India through competitive bidding.

The PURA projects envisage provision of basic urban services and facilities in rural areas. Karaikal, a part of the Union Territory of Pondicherry, is among the first of these projects to be launched. Marg will develop multi-dimensional projects and social inclusion programmes to generate jobs and provide basic amenities in eight village panchayats with an estimated population of 31,000 spread across 29.3 sq km in the district......Read More

Source: Business Line