PM Modi cancels visit to TN

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TIMES NEWS NETWORK

11.01.2022

Chennai:In the wake of surge in Covid-19 cases in the country, Prime Minister Narendera Modi has cancelled his scheduled visit to Tamil Nadu on January 12. He will inaugurate11 new government medical colleges across the state and the new campus of the Central Institute of Classical Tamil in Perumbakkam at 4 pm via video conferencing on the same day.

 The new colleges have been established at ₹4,000 crore in Virudhunagar, Namakkal, The Nilgiris, Tiruppur, Thiruvallur, Nagapattinam, Dindigul, Kallakurichi, Ariyalur, Ramanathapuram and Krishnagiri. While the Centre gave ₹2,145 crore, the balance was borne by the Tamil Nadu government. “Establishment of these 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,” said a PMO release.