Extremely sad day for #TamilNadu.
The #ParandurAirport project has been dropped, says the TVK Government.
Years of hard work and intense planning to give #Chennai the dual-runway Greenfield airport it desperately needs have been sacrificed at the altar of politics.
Industry experts understand the stakes.
Investment promotion agencies in neighbouring states will now quietly rejoice, saying: “Tamil Nadu has shot itself in the foot.”
Chennai’s growth and that of Tamil Nadu’s will now face a serious hurdle. We most urgently need a truly world-class international airport capable of handling large aircrafts, with two operational 4,000m+ parallel runways.
I find it extremely difficult to believe that the very officers who worked so hard on this project supported this decision. They know better than most that there is no better alternative option given the environmental and aviation concerns.
The #DMK Government explored every possible option to identify a 5,000+ acre parcel of land around Chennai with the least impact on villages, water bodies, agriculture and existing air traffic. Parandur was ultimately chosen because, after years of technical evaluation, it offered the least overall impact while meeting Chennai’s long-term aviation requirements.
The consequences go far beyond just an airport.
The entire industrial corridor from Poonamallee to Kanchipuram,which accounts for nearly 41% of India’s electronics exports, could have received a massive boost.
Better port connectivity, reliable water infrastructure for industry and direct global air connectivity could have boosted this region and TN into one of the world’s most important manufacturing hubs, creating at least a million new jobs over time.
All of that potential has now been put at risk for what appears to be plain politics.
Our Leader former CM @mkstalin, our LoP @Udhaystalin, the #DMK and I have always maintained that politicising industrial growth comes at a massive cost to the State’s future.
I urge Honourable @CMOTamilnadu@actorvijay to personally speak to senior officers, in private and ask them whether this is truly the right decision.
Do not let politics derail what could be the most important infrastructure project for Tamil Nadu’s future.
If there is genuinely no turning back, then the so-called alternative site must be identified within this year at the latest.
Chennai and Tamil Nadu MUST have a new world-class international airport within the next three years.
Let's hope leaders prefer progress over politics.
Tamil Nadu deserves better.
#InvestInTN #JobsForTN
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NEET தேர்வில் மட்டுமல்ல, #NEET தேர்வே மோசடிதான் என்பதை படம்பிடித்துக் காட்டுகிறது கழகத்தலைவர் @mkstalin அவர்களின் இன்றைய @the_hindu Op-Ed கட்டுரை!
ஏழை எளிய, பிற்படுத்தப்பட்ட, ஒடுக்கப்பட்ட, கிராமப்புற, அரசுப்பள்ளி மாணவர்களின் மருத்துவம் உள்ளிட்ட உயர்கல்விக் கனவைச் சிதைப்பதே NEET போன்ற நுழைவுத்தேர்வுகளின் உண்மையான நோக்கம்!
அந்தத் தடையை உடைப்பதற்கான படையாக #DMK என்றைக்கும் முன் வரிசையில் வாள் தூக்கி நிற்கும்.
#BanNEET #AbolishNEET
“The Union Government introduced NEET with three principal promises…on every one of these counts NEET has failed…it’s time to trust States” writes @mkstalin in @the_hindu
Need of the hour is not reform in conducting NEET but abolishing NEET altogether and amending the Constitution to move Education from Concurrent List to State List. #SaveEducation #NeetIsUnfair
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#WATCH | நாளை வெளியாகும் ‘ஜனநாயகன்’ வெற்றி பெற வேண்டும் என வேண்டி, சிதம்பரத்தில் உள்ள அம்மன் கோயிலில் முட்டி போட்டு வந்து மண் சோறு சாப்பிட்டு சிறப்பு வேண்டுதல் செய்த ரசிகர்கள்!
#SunNews | #JanaNayagan | #Chidambaram
NEET was introduced with three principal promises: (1) reduce the burden, (2) eliminate commercialisation, and (3) improve standards.
On every one of these counts, #NEET has failed. It has merely shifted the centre of learning from schools to coaching centres.
The problem with NEET has always been structural, not merely procedural. Recent events have vindicated that concern.
The ongoing student protests must serve as a wake-up call for the Union Government. It's time to trust the states. It's time to abolish NEET.
Read my op-ed in today's @The_Hindu: https://t.co/wFlPB09zUT
You cannot have both fairness and NEET.
NEET is fundamentally unfair.
While I cannot speak for every state, I can certainly speak for Tamil Nadu. Every political party in Tamil Nadu except the BJP opposes NEET. The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly has repeatedly passed resolutions and Bills seeking exemption from NEET.
Stop defending the indefensible. #ScrapNEET once and for all.
Look out for my Op-ed in tomorrow's edition of @The_Hindu, where I set out in detail why NEET is fundamentally unfair and why it must be abolished.
The students' protest in New Delhi has now captured the attention of the entire country.
We were the first to warn that #NEET was designed to enable large-scale irregularities. That is why the DMK has opposed NEET from the very beginning, consistently pointing out the the dangers it poses.
Tamil Nadu, which led India in defending social justice and paved the way for the First Constitutional Amendment, has only one demand: #AbolitionOfNEET.
More than any other demand, the abolition of NEET must be at the heart of these protests. Only scrapping NEET will provide a lasting solution to all these problems. #BanNEET #SaveStudents
Excl: Ground reality vs official records: Census fieldwork is throwing up data that differ from govt records on open defecation free villages, use of cow dung cakes/kerosene/crop residue for cooking in urban areas despite LPG connection, no electricity. Enumerators asked to revisit and review the “data discrepancies”.I ✍️
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