Chief Minister M.K. Stalin inaugurated projects worth ₹41.12 crore in Oddanchatram, Dindigul district, by video conference on May 29, 2025:

• Gandhi Market commercial complex: ₹21.25 crore.
• Girivalam path at Kulanthai Velappar Temple: ₹18.64 crore.
• Panchayat office building at Keeranur: ₹1.23 crore.

Minister R. Sakkarapani said 10,000 houses were under construction under the Kalaignarin Kanavu Illam scheme. Buildings were being built for the Arts and Science College in Kallimandayam (₹15 crore) and Women’s Arts and Science College in Ambilikkai (₹25 crore); an Industrial Training Institute building in Virupatchi was completed at ₹5 crore. A competitive-examination training centre was established at Kalanjipatti. The Cauvery Combined Drinking Water Scheme aims to supply every household. Tenements were under construction in Keeranur and Oddanchatram under the Urban Livelihoods Mission. Garbage-yard, sewage-treatment and road-repair works, garbage-collection vehicles, and a new Oddanchatram Government Hospital building costing ₹25 crore were also reported.

Work on the NH 209 project connecting Dindigul and Oddanchatram began on January 21, 2023, and was originally due for completion in June 2024. The project costs ₹164.68 crore. Palakunnathu panchayat president J Selvi said no work had been carried out since Pongal and that traffic jams stretch over four kilometres between Semmapadapatti and Moolachatram on weekends. The four-lane road and overbridge divide the village; vehicles travelling between Madurai and Coimbatore use the route. Oddanchatram CPM secretary K Balasubramaniam said the overbridge has remained incomplete for two years. The 456-km highway includes a 25-km Oddanchatram–Palani NH 209 section, of which 17.175 km is to be developed. An NHAI official cited more than 12 large gaps along the stretch as a cause of coordination delays, and said work was targeted for completion by June 2025, with public use expected in September or October 2025.