Madurai
Tirupparankundram Assembly constituency gets hundreds of devotees every year. Although this constituency has major public infrastructures like the proposed All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), the IT park at Vadapalanji and Madurai airport, there are several shortcomings in the functioning of these facilities.
Tirupparankundram constituency has a few areas that fall within the purview of Madurai Corporation like Tirupparankundram, Avaniapuram, Harveypatti and Tirunagar. Rural areas, including Nagamalai Pudukottai, Vadapalanji, Valayapatti, Kombadi and Thoppur, fall within this constituency.
The delay in commencing the construction of AIIMS at Thoppur is one of the main issues that has been repeatedly highlighted. Although it has been more than two years since the Prime Minister laid the foundation stone, there has not been much progress. “Why is the State government showing a lackadaisical attitude towards setting up AIIMS? There is an urgent need to sign the…