Adopt uniform stand on admissions: AICC

Pondicherry, July 30 (UNI) AICC General Secretary V Narayansamy, MP, today asked the administration to adopt a uniform stand on admissions to private medical and engineering colleges in the union territory.

Talking to newspersons here, Mr Narayansamy said while the government obtained 50 per cent quota for it in private engineering colleges, the situation was not the same in medical colleges.

Mr Narayansamy reiterated the government take over medical colleges reluctant to follow the GO and allot 50 per cent seats.

He also urged the administration to take immediate steps to start IT-based industries in the special economic zone (SEZ) under construction here.

This would lead to IT giants, concentrating on Chennai and Bangalore, to start units in Pondicherry and pave the way for setting up of software park here by France and England which were keen in this regard.

The SEZ, once completed, will provide 1.45 lakh job opportunities, he added.

Mr Narayansami said electrical train service between Pondicherry and Villuppuram would commence on August six when Union Minister of State for Railways Velu flagged off the first train.

A Railway reservation centre at Karaikal would also be inaugurated by Mr Velu on the same day which would benefit people of Karaikal and Nagapatinam.

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