Admission to Villupuram medical college from next academic year: Ponmudy

VILLUPURAM: Admission to the government medical college at Villupuram will commence from the next academic year, said Higher Education Minister K.Ponmudy on Friday.

After inspecting construction of the college buildings at Mundiampakkam near here on Friday, he told reporters that work was progressing at a fast pace. To expedite the construction, the contracts were awarded to two contractors. The Minister further said lands for the two government engineering colleges, affiliated to Anna University--Chennai, had been identified. The Villupuram government engineering college would be set up on 18 acres at Ka.Kuppam.

Thanks to the support extended by Chief Minister M.Karunanidhi and Agriculture Minister Veerapandi S. Arumugam, land could be acquired from the Agriculture Department.

Another government engineering college would be established on 16 acres near Tindivanam Government Arts College. The works on both the colleges would begin this month. The Minister hoped that with the setting up of a government medical college and two government engineering colleges, higher education in Villupuram district would get a thrust.