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  • Chief Minister MK Stalin launched 500 urban health centers

    Chief Minister MK Stalin launched 500 urban health centers

    As many as 500 Urban Health and Wellness Centres (UHWCs), spread across the State were virtually inaugurated by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin here on Tuesday.

    The UHWCs, intended to function as ancillary units of Urban Primary Health Centres, are located in areas under civic bodies such as corporations including the Greater Chennai Corporation and municipalities. Madurai, Coimbatore, Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi, and Vellore were among the reigons where the services could be availed, an official release here said. Each UHWC was set up at a cost of Rs 25 lakh and in total, Rs 125 Crore is the cost of the initiative to set up the 500 new facilities.

    A doctor, nurse, health inspector and a sanitary worker would be on duty in every UHWC, which would work between 8 AM to noon and from 4 PM to 8 PM to cater to about 25,000 people in a given area. Totally, 500 doctors, as many nurses, health inspectors and sanitary workers have been appointed. The UHWCs would offer a wide range of healthcare services including maternity care and yoga.

    Health Minister Ma Subramanian, Youth Welfare Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin and top officials participated.

  • Stalin and OPS congratulate people on ‘Mother’s Day’

    Stalin and OPS congratulate people on ‘Mother’s Day’

    Chennai (IANS) | Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin extended Mother’s Day greetings to the people of the state. CM Stalin took to Twitter to wish the people of the state. CM tweeted that let’s fulfill the hopes of all the mothers who fill this world with love. Respect and meet their needs. A Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers who hold us as another life inside us and bring us so much happiness.

    Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam (OPS) also wished people on Mother’s Day by tweeting. He wrote in tweeting that on this occasion, I congratulate all mothers on Mother’s Day, which is celebrated for the unique love, incomparable, immense love and unimaginable affection of the mother.

    Mothers have a special place in Indian culture. Mother’s Day was started in the 1900s to honor mothers.

    –IANS

  • Tamil Nadu to organize year-long celebrations to mark centenary of Vaikom Satyagraha

    Tamil Nadu to organize year-long celebrations to mark centenary of Vaikom Satyagraha

    Chennai (IANS) | The Tamil Nadu government will organize year-long celebrations to mark the centenary of the Vaikom Satyagraha—the struggle for temple entry for Dalits and other so-called lower castes—at the Vaikom Mahadeva temple in Kerala’s Kottayam, Chief Minister MK Stalin said on Thursday. Will do Announcing in the assembly, he also said that the ‘Vaikom Award’ would be given to eminent personalities or organizations working for the betterment of Dalit people beyond the boundaries of the state.

    The chief minister also said that the awards would be given on September 17, which is the birth anniversary of Dravidian ideologue EV Ramaswamy Periyar, commonly known as ‘Thanthai Aperiyar’, and celebrated as Social Justice Day in Tamil Nadu. Underlining the importance of the Vaikom Satyagraha of 1924–25 in the history of India’s reforms, he cited the impact of Periyar’s participation in the movement as the then leader of the Congress.

    Periyar is not only a leader for Tamils and Tamil Nadu. His thoughts and actions proved that he was a leader beyond languages and international boundaries. Self-respect, rationalism, equality and social justice are universal philosophies. His ideas form the basis of yesterday’s rebellions, today’s efforts and tomorrow’s developments.

    Stalin will participate in the centenary celebrations of the Vaikom Satyagraha to be held in Kottayam, Kerala on April 1 along with his Kerala counterpart Pinarayi Vijayan. Stalin also told the assembly that the Tamil Nadu government would spend Rs 8.14 crore on the restoration of the Periyar memorial at Vaikom. He also said that the government would try to set up a memorial at Aruvikutty where Periyar was jailed for the first time.

    He told the assembly that the book Vaikom Protest written by Pazha Adhiyaman, a scholar and researcher in Tamil, would be translated into Malayalam and would also be published in English, Telugu and Kannada. He also said that a book on the Vaikom movement would be published by the State Government’s Text Books and Educational Services Corporation and said that competitions on speech and essay on the Vaikom Satyagraha would be organized in schools, colleges and universities across Tamil Nadu.

    Stalin said the state government was taking steps to issue a commemorative postage stamp to mark the centenary of the Vaikom Satyagraha.

    –IANS