TAMIL NADU AFFAIRS

Transforming Connectivity, Empowering Tamil Nadu

  • Inauguration, Flagging Off and Foundation Stone Laying of Airport, Railway and Highway Projects Worth Over 5200 Crore

Inauguration:

  • New Integrated Terminal Building (Phase-I) of Chennai International Airport
  • Gauge Conversion of 37 km. Rail Line from Metre Gauge to Broad Gauge of Tirturaipundi- Agasthiyampalli Section
  • Four Lane Elevated Corridor from Madurai to Chettikulam of National Highway-785
  • Four Lane Road from Natham to Thovarankurichi of National Highway-785

Flagging Off:

  • Tambaram-Sengottai Express Train
  • DEMU Train from Tiruturaipundi to Agasthiyampalli

Foundation Stone Laying:

  • Construction of Four Lane Road for Thirumangalam- Vadugapatti Section of National Highway-744
  • Construction of Four Lane Road for Vadugapatti- Therkuvenganallur Section of National Highway-744

Tamilnadu Health Department received a Government of India’s Medal for Eradication of Tuberculosis

  • Tamil Nadu awarded medal for reaching tuberculosis free status in The Nilgiris district
  • Gold Medal for Trichy and Thiruvarur Districts for effective implementation of the scheme to achieve TB-free status.
  • Five districts Madurai, Thoothukudi, Kanyakumari, Thiruvannamalai and Karur will be awarded silver medals.
  • Krishnagiri district was honoured with a bronze medal.

Modern Telecobalt Tool

State-of-the-art medical treatment to be launched at Royapettah Government Hospital for cancer patients.

  • Doctors have suggested that it is capable of destroying cancer cells more accurately than conventional radiation treatments.
  • The ‘True Beam Radiation’ method and the ‘Tele cobalt’ method are considered to be one of the most sophisticated instruments installed for radiation therapy.
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