DMK govt. mooted heritage structure in place of King’s Barracks at Fort St. George

The previous DMK government led by M.K. Stalin, which had toyed with the idea of shifting the Secretariat and the Assembly out of Fort St. George, made an unsuccessful attempt to build a multi-storeyed heritage structure in the place of King’s Barracks, located behind the Namakkal Kavignar Maaligai.

Explaining the rationale behind the attempt, a senior official recalls that given the shortage of space in the main block of the fort, and at the 10-storeyed Namakkal Kavignar Maaligai, it was proposed to construct a horizontal building, keeping in mind the heritage character of the premises. But the proposal did not receive the approval of the defence authorities retaining a hold over the building that is on the verge of collapse.