Information Technology Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan on Tuesday said Tamil Nadu’s performance in industrial development had not been aggressive like in other southern States.
“Though Tamil Nadu fared well in other parameters like social development, social equity and social justice in the last 20 to 30 years, its performance in industrial development is not aggressive like in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana,” he said after releasing logo and a vision document ‘Pudhu Madurai,’ 2035, at a Confederation of Indian Industry function in Madurai.
According to him, though Tamil Nadu has set a benchmark for other aspects, it lagged far behind in urban policy and urban planning.
Noting urbanisation plans have come with their own merits and demerits, Mr. Rajan said he has always been consistent about critiquing the Smart Cities Mission project and decried many of its plans.
“Similarly, prominence of Madurai has not kept pace with other places like Coimbatore, Tiruchi, among others, which have grown at a faster rate,” he said. Maybe those districts were not faster in growth, but were aggressive about marketing themselves and Madurai has not been so outspoken like others.
