Tamil Nadu, where the ruling AIADMK government intends
to establish a government medical college in every district, formally
got the 19 such institution on Thursday when Chief Minister Jayalalithaa
inaugurated the Tiruvannamalai Government Medical College.
The
new facility, in one of the backward districts of the State, will have
100 seats in the current academic year. With this and approvals from the
Medical Council of India for adding 310 more seats in other
institutions, the total number of medical seats in Tamil Nadu is 2,555.
The number last academic year was 2,145, an official release said.
The
inauguration, as part of which Ms.Jayalalithaa, some ministers, senior
officials, including Health Secretary J.Radhakrishnan, participated in a
video conference from the State Secretariat, had a student of the
college thanking the Chief Minister.
Besides setting
aside 25 acres for the college premises, Ms.Jayalalithaa approved a
State government proposal to establish the facility at a cost of
Rs.130.88 crore. As part of the project, facilities had been created,
incurring an expenditure of Rs.73.16 crore, to conduct classes for the
first year. Administrative building, hostels and library formed part of
the project.
A total of 192 permanent posts,
including those of professors, doctors, nurses, para-medical staff, as
approved by the council had been created and filled. The Tamil Nadu
Medical Services Corporation, the release said, was also in the process
of procuring equipment required for the college at a cost of Rs.16.82
crore.
Tiruvannamalai is administered by a special grade municipality that covers an area of 16.33 km2 (6.31 sq mi) and had a population of 144,683 as of 2011. Tiruvannamalai has a lot of teritiary sector activities. Trade and commerce and service activities are the major contributors to the economy of the town. As of 1991, 7.93% of the population was involved in primary sector, 21.34% in secondary sector and 70.73% in teritiary sector activities. The town had a female work participation of 11%. Due to the urbanisation from 1971, there has been dip in primary sector activities and a proportional increase in the teritiary sector activities. There is limited agricultural activity within the town limits. The secondary sector involves manufacturing and construction, whose growth has remained stable over the decades. There are a number of oil mills, rice mills and agro based industries within the Tiruvannamalai town limits. The teritiary sector activities of trade, commerce, transport, storage, communication and other services has been increasing due to the increasing number of tourists to the town.
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