PM launches host of facilities at Jipmer in Karaikal and Yanam

PM launches host of facilities at Jipmer in Karaikal and Yanam

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday announced , via video conferencing, a host of facilities at Jipmer’s off-site campus in Karaikal and the multi-speciality consulting unit at Yanam.

The infrastructure launched at Jipmer Karaikal included an academic building for the medical college, hostels for boys and girls, a nurses’ hostel, and 154 residential units.

The live-stream of the event organised at Jipmer Karaikal was attended by Lt. Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan, Chief Minister N. Rangasamy, S. Selvaganabathy, MP, K. Lakshminarayanan, Public Works Minister,  A.K. Sai J. Saravanan Kumar, Civil Supplies Minister, Sharat Chauhan, Chief Secretary, Rakesh Aggarwal, Jipmer Director, and others.

According to a press note from Jipmer, the projects were undertaken at a sanctioned cost of ₹491 crore, including ₹405 crore for construction. The expansion of Karaikal campus project, which was initiated in August 2016 in temporary buildings with an intake of 50 MBBS students every year, was envisaged in phases. 

The Government of Puducherry allotted two pieces of land measuring 67.33 acres to the institute for setting up the permanent campus, which was planned in two phases.

The first phase — spread over two campuses — included general development of both the campuses, and construction of an academic building for the medical college, hostels for boys and girls, a nurses’ hostel, and about 150 residential units. The academic building for medical college is five-storeyed with plinth area of 26,000 square metres and provision for an additional floor in future. It will house 24 departments

Each campus is zero-discharge, with in-house sewage treatment plants and recycling of the residual waste water for flushing and gardening. All the buildings are energy-efficient and have a 3-star GRIHA rating. Further, there is provision for rain water harvesting and solar power generation, JIPMER said.