# Spend Rs 2,000 crore annually for road damage repairs

- ID: P09-B-07#1
- Page: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/promise/p09-b-07-1 (Tamil: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/ta/promise/p09-b-07-1)
- Pillar: 9. World-Class Infrastructure
- Section: B. Modern Infrastructure
- Manifesto page: 80
- Stage: In the budget (Named in the budget speech; an amount may or may not be given)
- Last recorded: 2 Sep 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

The TVK government will spend Rs 2,000 crore annually solely for immediately repairing road damages.

## Where it stands

In the budget speech on 5 Aug 2026.

The government set aside funds for road repairs in the budget and urban local bodies.

**So far:** Rs 250 crore for maintenance and 1,850 crore rupees for road repairs.

**Not yet seen:** The annual recurring commitment of Rs 2,000 crore is not explicitly confirmed.

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

## Documents behind this

- 2 Sep 2026 · Press release · DIPR press release 22427: The government will spend 1,850 crore rupees to repair roads damaged by water and drainage work and to build new roads in urban local bodies. ([Open the document (Press release)](https://dipr.tn.gov.in/dipr_api/v1/uploads/tn_govt_press_release/DIPR-TNLA_No.18-Hon_ble_CM_Assembly_110_statement_-_MAWS_Dept_Various_Schemes_Announcements_-Date__2.9.2026.pdf))
- 5 Aug 2026 · Budget speech · Revised Budget speech 2026-27, page 58: An allocation of Rs.250 crore is provided in the Revised Budget Estimates to repair inadequately maintained roads under the 'Performance-Based Maintenance Contract'. ([Open the document (Budget speech)](https://sollumseyalum.web.app/docs/budget_speech.pdf#page=58))

> 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.