The Centre has given its approval for setting up three more government medical colleges in Tamil Nadu and sanction has so far been got for as many as nine such institutions this year alone, Chief Minister K Palaniswami said on Wednesday.
Acceding to his government's request, the Centre "has today ordered setting up new government medical colleges in the three districts of Krishnagiri, Tiruvallur and Nagapattinam," he said.
Adequate land has been earmarked for the new colleges.
Thanking Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Centre for the "not seen before" sanctions, Palaniswami in a statement here said getting approval for nine new government medical colleges in a single year is a "historic achievement."
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