# Build secure hostels for women in major cities of Tamil Nadu

- ID: P03-C-04#1
- Page: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/promise/p03-c-04-1 (Tamil: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/ta/promise/p03-c-04-1)
- Pillar: 3. Women's Welfare
- Section: C. Uncompromising Women's Safety
- Manifesto page: 37
- Stage: First steps (Work started, a pilot, or a small start)
- Last recorded: 8 Jul 2026
- Data licence: CC BY-NC 4.0. Curated commitments, translations, evidence links and stage analysis compiled by Sollum Seyalum (https://sollumseyalum.web.app).

## Promised in the manifesto

Hostels with proper security and modern amenities will be established in major cities across Tamil Nadu for working women and female students to reside.

## Where it stands

First steps taken on 8 Jul 2026.

The government began work on a 'Thozhi' working women's hostel costing Rs. 36.69 crore.

**So far:** One 'Thozhi' hostel under construction for Rs. 36.69 crore.

**Not yet seen:** Hostels in other major cities across the state are not yet seen.

_Summary written by AI from the documents below, with figures checked against them._

## Documents behind this

- 8 Jul 2026 · Press release · DIPR press release 22119: The Social Welfare and Women Rights Minister inspected the 'Thozhi' working women's hostel under construction at a cost of Rs. 36.69 crore. ([Open the document (Press release)](https://dipr.tn.gov.in/dipr_api/v1/uploads/tn_govt_press_release/DIPR-PR_No.-360_-Hon_ble_Social_Welfare_Minister_Press_Release-Date_08.07.2026.pdf))

> Sources are government releases, budget papers and orders. They show what the government says it will do or has done. They are claims, not independent confirmation. "Nothing recorded" means nothing in our sources, not that nothing was done.