madurai officials from directorate of public libraries under the department of school education have started arranging books in kalaignar centenary library which is gearing up for inauguration soon by chief minister m k stalin according to library incharge the library has a capacity to accommodate around 43 lakh books and the department of school education has planned to house about 80 of them before the inauguration according to public works department pwd officials the library constructed at a cost of 114 crores in a total area of 213 lakh sqft is one of the fastest executed projects in the state the construction started in january 2022 as scheduled in the tender the project is all set for inauguration in the next one month as many as 12 lakh tamil books 225 lakh english books and 6000 ebooks will be housed in the first phase before inauguration the library is a six storeyed building with an underground parking and ground flooraccording to officials the ground floor will have an art gallery a library dedicated for the physically challenged conference hall vip hall and hall for reading books brought to the library the first floor will have an exclusive section for books written by former chief minister karunanidhi a childrens library playroom for children with scientific equipment section for periodicals and daily the second floor will have tamil books while the third floor will have english and research books the fourth floor will have books for aspirants who are preparing for competitive exams the fifth floor will have ebooks audio visual room and braille books for visually challenged the sixth floor will have a library administrative office books procurement section and a place to eat for library officials a 55ft bronze statue of kalaignar karunanidhi was placed at the entrance of the library a week ago by the pwd which will be unveiled during the inauguration a senior pwd official said earlier the library was planned to be opened on june 3 birth anniversary of kalaignar karunanidhi but the state government has not confirmed the date apart from some minor interior work a major part of the work is completed the madurai corporation has planned to rename the road on which the library is constructed as muthamizh arignar kalaignar karunanidhi salai