MADURAI: The ministry of well being and family welfare is known to have selected Thoppur in Madurai as the site for the proposed All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). This was communicated to state revenue minister R B Udayakumar via the chairman of Pradhan Mantri Swathya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY), Sanjay Roy, right here on Tuesday.
According to the communique, Thoppur has bagged the very best marks among the five puts in Tamil Nadu shortlisted for putting in place the celebrated institute. The choice is also topic to the realisation of 5 stipulations including four-lane connectivity from the nationwide highway, 20MVA energy provide from two different feeders, adequate water provide, handover of land and transferring of transformer. The 5th situation is execution of an settlement with Indian Oil Corporation Ltd, apparently on a pipeline passing during the web site.
An elated Udayakumar informed TOI, ``I stated I can surrender if Madurai was not selected for the establishment of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, to draw the eye of the central government to the importance of setting up it right here, and that has yielded results,” he stated. The minister added that before he stated so, the Centre had handiest considered Madurai as one of the vital five puts in rivalry. “When a minister threatens to surrender, it beneficial properties importance,” he stated.
The choice is predicted to boost Madurai’s economy as it could enhance task alternatives and help the lodge industry develop along with other sectors. Though the ministers “are not biased in opposition to any particular spot,” Udayakumar stated that Madurai did not have much to fall again on except its reputation of being a temple town unlike Chennai and Coimbatore that have been economically well off and Thanjavur which was agriculturally developed.
AIIMS would uplift Madurai economically as transport connectivity would additionally pass up. Most considerably, it would benefit folks from over 15 districts with regards to medical amenities and also convey many jobs to the region, he added.
According to the communique, Thoppur has bagged the very best marks among the five puts in Tamil Nadu shortlisted for putting in place the celebrated institute. The choice is also topic to the realisation of 5 stipulations including four-lane connectivity from the nationwide highway, 20MVA energy provide from two different feeders, adequate water provide, handover of land and transferring of transformer. The 5th situation is execution of an settlement with Indian Oil Corporation Ltd, apparently on a pipeline passing during the web site.
An elated Udayakumar informed TOI, ``I stated I can surrender if Madurai was not selected for the establishment of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, to draw the eye of the central government to the importance of setting up it right here, and that has yielded results,” he stated. The minister added that before he stated so, the Centre had handiest considered Madurai as one of the vital five puts in rivalry. “When a minister threatens to surrender, it beneficial properties importance,” he stated.
The choice is predicted to boost Madurai’s economy as it could enhance task alternatives and help the lodge industry develop along with other sectors. Though the ministers “are not biased in opposition to any particular spot,” Udayakumar stated that Madurai did not have much to fall again on except its reputation of being a temple town unlike Chennai and Coimbatore that have been economically well off and Thanjavur which was agriculturally developed.
AIIMS would uplift Madurai economically as transport connectivity would additionally pass up. Most considerably, it would benefit folks from over 15 districts with regards to medical amenities and also convey many jobs to the region, he added.
Tamil Nadu: Centre choses Madurai for AIIMS
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