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AIIMS to come up near Madurai, TN CM thanks PM
Chief Minister K Palaniswami thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for selecting Thoppur for this purpose.
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Tamil Nadu government today said the much-anticipated All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) facility announced for the state by the Centre will come up near Madurai at an estimated Rs 1,500 crore.
"The 250-bed modern facility will be set up at Thoppur near Madurai at an estimated Rs 1,500 crore," Palaniswami told reporters here, adding, it will also have 100 MBBS seats.
The AIIMS facility was announced for Tamil Nadu in the Union Budget 2015-16 but had faced some delays over the location of the facility, with demands being made by various sections for it to be set up in their respective districts.
Palaniswami recalled that a central team had earlier visited five locations, including those at Madurai, Erode and Pudukottai districts, before zeroing in on Thoppur.
Assuring all support from the Tamil Nadu government in the establishment of the proposed AIIMS, he thanked Modi for allocating such a facility to the state.
In a letter to the Prime Minister, Palaniswami said the late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa was very keen that an institution of the stature of AIIMS was established and made functional in Tamil Nadu.
She was keen on ensuring Tamil Nadu got such a
facility "as it would substantially augment the facilities in the state for providing quality medical education, research and also ensure high-end tertiary level healthcare in the public sector to benefit the poor and middle classes of the state," he said.
Palaniswami said he has directed state Health Minister C Vijayabaskar, Principal Health Secretary, J Radhakrishnan and other senior officials to provide all necessary support to the Central government so as to facilitate early commencement of work.
Urges fast formation of CWMA
The Chief Minister also noted in his letter that any further delay in the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) becoming fully operation would be a violation of the judgement of the Supreme Court. he urged the Prime Minister for an immediate meeting of the CWMA to ensure Tamil Nadu gets its due share of water on monthly/10-day basis. Palaniswai sought Modi to issue such directions to the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.
Referring to Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy’s request to the Centre to defer the operation of the CWMA and the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC), Palaniswami took objections to the views of Kumarasamy to place the Scheme before the two Houses of Parliament when the matter has already adjudicated dispute which had already attained its finality.
“During the last six years, as Karnataka failed to ensure timely release of water, Tamil Nadu suffered severely. This year, the farmers here have a legitimate expectation that the CWMA, primarily mandated to implement the final order of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal and the judgment of Supreme Court, will ensure the regulated release of water by Karnataka at Billigundulu,” Palaniswami noted.
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