Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has written to the Centre to “expedite the announcement” of the location of the proposed All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the State.

In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, she has said this announcement was significant in that it would ensure that the construction and establishment of AIIMS was initiated without any further delay.

It may be recalled that the establishment of an AIIMS in Tamil Nadu was announced in the Union Budget 2015-16.

She has also mentioned in the letter that the State Government had already identified land at five locations – Sengipatti in Thanjavur District, Chengalpattu in Kancheepuram District, Pudukottai Town in Pudukottai District, Perundurai in Erode District and Thoppur in Madurai District.

Noting that a Central Team had visited Tamil Nadu from April 22 to 25, 2015, for inspecting the identified locations, the Chief Minister added that so far no decision as to the final location had been communicated.

According to her, AIIMS will provide state-of-the-art medical facilities and services to the people of Tamil Nadu.