No irregularities in ₹40cr Madurai children’s hospital project: TN
Madurai : Tamil Nadu govt has dismissed allegations of financial irregularities in the ₹40 crore Institute of Child Health and Research Centre project at Government Rajaji Hospital (GRH), Madurai. Govt said the original ₹20 crore project, approved on January 31, 2023, envisaged a ground-plus-one-floor building (G+1) with a foundation designed to support seven upper floors, according to official documents. The foundation design was subsequently revised to support five upper floors, while immediate construction was expanded to G+2. Savings from the revised foundation design were used to accommodate additional construction work, including changes worth ₹9.32 crore. Authorities also clarified that the August 27 erratum merely corrected an arithmetic error in the July order, which had mistakenly recorded the executed work value as ₹18.70 crore instead of ₹18.79 crore. The first phase involved ₹20 crore for constructing G+2 floors, while another ₹20 crore was sanctioned for the third, fourth and fifth floors.
However, the formal govt order was delayed due to elections and issued on July 29, 2026.
Govt said these works were completed during the previous administration after obtaining approval from the tender award committee. Construction of the additional floors is underway, officials said. Health authorities clarified that changes to the building design were accommodated within the sanctioned budget without additional expenditure.
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Govt attributed delays in completing the entire building before the election to the time taken to obtain approval for the additional floors.