Su. Venkatesan envisions Madurai as a medical hub

Sitting MP Su. Venkatesan focuses on infrastructure, industrial growth, job creation, and making Madurai a medical hub.

Improving infrastructure, promoting industrial growth, creating job opportunities and transforming Madurai into a medical hub - these will be my focus areas, says sitting MP and Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate Su. Venkatesan.

The CPI(M), a constituent of the DMK-led alliance, has re-nominated Mr. Venkatesan to contest in the General Elections from Madurai Constituency.

Mr. Venkatesan, a well-known writer, won the 2019 Lok Sabha elections from Madurai constituency by a margin of 1.39 lakh votes. This time he says he is confident of winning the polls by a margin of 60% to 65%.

“We have taken up all the issues that were mentioned in the election manifesto released by us during the previous polls. We have succeeded in achieving most of them and we assure that the rest will also be fulfilled,” he says.

ELCOT and SIPCOT projects in Madurai are taking shape. Once they are ready, they will provide employment to over 10,000 people. Steps are also being taken to shift the Central Prison in Madurai from New Jail Road to an alternative location. The aim is to use the existing land for purposeful development as the 32-acre parcel of land lies in the heart of the city, .

With the establishment of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) in Madurai, the city will emerge as a major medical hub, he says.

“We had pressed for the establishment of NIPER in Madurai as there were no Central Educational Institutes in the district. Over 100 acres of land has been handed over for the project. Had it started operations, it would have been the largest campus of its kind in the country. The Central government has assured us that the work will start once the other NIPER projects are completed,” he says.