While stressing that no misleading information was provided about Madurai, Dr. Radhakrishnan also said that the RTI replies revealed only partial information, which led to misunderstanding. Based on this, it was projected as if these details were shared only for Madurai. However, similar details for other locations have been provided in our earlier letters,” he said. Sub-committee to decideDr. Radhakrishnan also pointed out that the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare had formed a sub-committee to assist the expert committee that was overseeing the AIIMS project for Tamil Nadu. “This sub-committee, which comprised only Central government officials, would take a final call on the location and the State government would not have any role in the decision apart from providing necessary details, which we have already done,” he said.

Source: The Hindu August 27, 2017 16:07 UTC