The lackadaisical attitude of the Union government is the only reason behind the delay in the construction of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Madurai, said T.N. Health Minister Ma Subramanian on Friday, June 23, 2023.
When the T.N. government had been getting financial support and borrowings for its multiple projects from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), what was stopping the Union government from sanctioning the AIIMS project (which is also receiving funds from JICA) swiftly, he asked, while speaking to reporters in Madurai.
The T.N. government had sought JICA funds for its projects in Government Kilpauk Medical College, Coimbatore Government Medical College and Hospital and even for the Chennai Metro Rail Project and work was underway in all these projects, he said, but getting funds for AIIMS was vested with the Union government.