Jayalalithaa opens 20 PHCs across Tamil Nadu

CHENNAI: Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Wednesday inaugurated 20 Primary Health Centres (PHCs) constructed at a cost of `7.71 crore in various parts of the State, through video-conferencing at the Secretariat here.She also declared open new buildings for 5 panchayat unions built at an expenditure of Rs 7.84 crore at Papanasam,  Pattukottai, Avinasi, Palladam and Papireddypatti.Among the schemes launched on Tuesday, in the Western region, Coimbatore, Tirupur, Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri districts would benefit from initiatives such as water supply projects and health infrastructure schemes.The CM declared open a three-storey building that would house various State Departments, a Government Hospital building and a PHC in Tirupur district. She also inaugurated a five-storey additional building for the Government Dharmapuri Medical College built at Rs 43.67 crore. For Coimbatore, she launched the Pilloor Phase-II water supply scheme  and dedicated a Solid Waste Management Transit Station at Ukkadam.Both the Pilloor dedicated water supply scheme and solid waste management transit station have been implemented by the Coimbatore Corporation with funds from the Centre and State under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) scheme. While the Pilloor water supply scheme has been implemented at an estimated Rs 129.74 crore, the solid waste management station has been built at an estimated cost of Rs 2.5 crore.The CM also unveiled a Rs 5.33-crore scheme to construct check dams and small ponds across rivers and streams to increase the groundwater table in Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur and Tiruvannamalai. The new PHCs were located at: Samayapuram, Konavattam, Sumaithangi, Koratti, Senthanadu, Ammakalathur, Kanjikoil, Malaiyapalayam, Vadakkupalayam, Thumbivadi, Begapalli, Mathiravelur, Puliyampatti, Ilambalur, Kanappadi, Thenmalai, Kalyanakuppam, Rapposal, Okkanadu Kezhaiyur and Lourdammalpuram.