PM Narendra Modi will inaugurate 11 New Government Medical Colleges across Tamil Nadu. The new campus of Central Institute of Classical Tamil in Chennai on Wednesday (January 12) at 4PM via video conferencing.
According to a press release issued by the PM Narendra Modi Office (PMO). The new medical colleges are being establish at an estimate cost of about Rs 4000 cr. Out of which around Rs 2145 crore has been provide by the Union government. And rest by the Tamil Nadu government.
The districts in which the new Medical Colleges are being establish are Virudhunagar, Namakkal, the Nilgiris. Tiruppur, Thiruvallur, Nagapattinam, Dindigul, Kallakurichi, Ariyalur, Ramanathapuram and Krishnagiri. The release also said that the inauguration of these medical colleges is in line with the PM’s constant. Endeavour to promote affordable medical education and improve health infrastructure in all parts of the country.
The PM Narendra Modi also stated that establishment of a new campus of CICT in Chennai is in line .
The new medical colleges, with a cumulative capacity of 1450 seats, is been establish under the Centrally Sponsor scheme. The scheme is ’Establishing of New Medical Colleges attach with existing district/referral hospital’. Under the scheme, medical colleges are establish in districts, which do not have either a government or private medical college. The PMO also stated that the establishment of a new campus of Central Institute of Classical Tamil (CICT) in Chennai is in line. The PM Modi’s vision to protect and preserve Indian heritage and promote classical languages.
The release add that the new campus is fully fund by the Union Government. And is built at a cost of Rs 24 Crore. CICT, which was operating from a rented building so far, will now operate from a new 3 storey campus. The new campus is equip with a spacious library, an e-library, seminar halls and a multimedia hall. The new campus will provide an efficient working environment for the institute. In its pursuit of promoting classical Tamil across the world.