AIIMS in Madurai: Centre issues gazette notification

MADURAI: The central government on Friday issued gazette notification for establishing All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Madurai.
AIIMS will be set up on 222.24 acres of land at Thoppur in Madurai at a cost of Rs 1264 crore.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for AIIMS in January 2019.
While the site has been cleared, a proper construction activity is yet to begin there. As of now, just a wooden door between two poles is all that can be seen at the site.
The central government’s gazette notification has been welcomed by all. “This official notification by the central government is encouraging. This is a very special day for Madurai and the southern districts. I thank the Union ministry of health and family welfare for this gesture which is a boon to the region,” Madurai MP Su Venkatesan said in a statement issued on Friday.
Chief co-ordinator of the AIIMS for Madurai Movement V S Manimaran said this was indeed a “very wonderful day” for Madurai and the southern districts, as it further strengthened the belief that the hospital would be soon established in Madurai.
“We know that the AIIMS in Madurai is to be constructed with a loan from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), and the building would be constructed 45 months after the release of the loan. Hence steps should be taken to obtain the loan for the hospital without much delay,” he said.