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Chief Minister inaugurates 208 urban health and wellness centres, 60 PHCs across Tamil Nadu
Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Thursday inaugurated 208 urban health and wellness centres across Tamil Nadu, established at a total cost of ₹52 crore. He also inaugurated 50 primary health centres (PHCs) set up at a cost of ₹60 crore at various locations in both rural and urban areas.
During a function in the city, the Chief Minister inaugurated the urban health and wellness centre in Shastri Nagar in Adyar and interacted with the staff there. He also inspected the services being offered to patients. Both the urban health and wellness centres and PHCs are operating under the Health and Family Welfare Department.
In May 2022, Mr. Stalin had announced that 708 urban health and wellness centres would be set up at a total cost of ₹177 crore in corporations and municipalities that have a population of 15,000 to 20,000. Of these, 500 were inaugurated in June 2023.
Each urban health and wellness centre has a medical officer, staff nurse, health inspector, and supporting staff.
The centres will function from 8 a.m. and 12 noon and from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. and offer outpatient care, disease screening, lifestyle counselling, health education, immunisations, and drug delivery, among others.
The PHCs in rural areas have been set up in Ariyalur, Chengalpattu, Cuddalore, Dharmapuri, Dindigul, Erode, Kallakurichi, Kancheepuram, Krishnagiri, Nagapattinam, Perambalur, Ranipet, Sivaganga, Tenkasi, Thanjavur, Theni, the Nilgiris, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli, Tiruppur, Villupuram, and Virudhunagar districts. The PHCs in urban areas have been established in Coimbatore, Erode, Kanniyakumari, Karur, Krishnagiri, Madurai, Mayiladuthurai, Namakkal, Pudukkottai, Ramanathapuram, Salem, Sivaganga, the Nilgiris, Tiruchi, Tirunelveli, Tiruppur, Tiruvallur, and Vellore districts.
Minister Ma. Subramanian, Chennai Mayor R. Priya, MP Kanimozhi N.V.N. Somu, and Velachery MLA J.M.H. Aassan Maulaana were among those present on the occasion.
In another event at the Secretariat, the Chief Minister launched portals for the Tamil Nadu Water Resources Information and Management System ( and the Tamil Nadu Satellite based Water Bodies Information and Monitoring and Protection System (
TN-WRIMS aims to bring all water-related data of the State into an integrated digital platform.
It will have real-time dashboards and modules for rainfall, reservoirs, groundwater, tanks, and soil moisture.
TN-SWIP aims to conserve and restore waterbodies using new technologies such as artificial intelligence and satellite data. It will also help improve waterbodies through real-time monitoring.
