ESIC to set up sub-regional office at Tiruchi, says Durai Vaiko

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The Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) has issued a circular for mounting up of its caller sub-regional bureau astatine Tiruchi.

Disclosing this to reporters here, Tiruchi Lok Sabha MP Durai Vaiko said establishing a sub-regional bureau of ESIC, which comes nether the Union Ministry of Labour and Employment, has been a long-pending demand. There was nary advancement connected the contented though the Standing Committee of ESI Corporation had approved it successful its 206th gathering held successful December 2016. 

At present, ESIC’s determination bureau successful Chennai had sub determination offices functioning astatine Tirunelveli, Madurai, Salem and Coimbatore. Despite Tiruchi being situated successful the cardinal portion of Tamil Nadu and being the 3rd largest metropolis successful the State, it did not person a sub-regional bureau of the ESIC causing problems for a ample section of employees successful Tiruchi and adjacent areas.

Although the mounting up of ESIC’s sub-regional bureau astatine Tiruchi was approved in 2016 by bifurcating the existing sub-regional bureau astatine Salem, things did not determination guardant thereafter for the past 9 years. 

A fewer months ago, concern employees bodies had impressed upon him the request for having the ESIC sub-regional bureau astatine Tiruchi in the involvement of employees, Mr. Durai Vaiko said adding that helium had met Union Minister of Labour and Employment Mansukh L Mandaviya and Union Minister of State of Labour and Employment Shobha Karandlaje successful July and August respectively and requested them to contented instructions to the authorization acrophobic to instantly unfastened a sub-regional bureau of the ESIC astatine Tiruchi. 

Mr. Durai Vaiko said helium besides met ESIC Director General Ashok Kumar Singh astatine New Delhi and placed the aforesaid demand.

Mr. Durai Vaiko said helium received the ESIC circular connected mounting up of the Corporation’s sub-regional bureau astatine Tiruchi connected October 13 (Monday). The ESIC sub determination bureau astatine Tiruchi would screen the districts of Karur, Thanjavur, Nagapattinam, Tiruvarur, Perambalur, Ariyalur and Pudukottai.

Replying to a query, Mr. Durai Vaiko said helium had besides impressed upon the 2 Union Ministers and the ESIC Director General to upgrade the 50-bed ESIC infirmary astatine Tiruchi into a 100-bed hospital, which would payment respective employees.

Jan Shatabdi to halt astatine Tiruverumbur

Mr. Durai Vaiko said his request to the Divisional Railway Manager, Tiruchi, seeking a halt for the Tiruchi - Tambaram - Tiruchi Jan Shatabdi explicit specials astatine Tiruverumbur railway presumption had been met. The bid successful some directions would halt astatine Tiruverumbur with effect from October 15.

A property merchandise from the Tiruchi Railway Division said the Tiruchi - Tambaram explicit peculiar volition get astatine Tiruverumbur astatine 5.54 a.m. and depart astatine 5.55 a.m. In the instrumentality direction, the peculiar volition get astatine Tiruverumbur astatine 9.43 p.m. and permission astatine 9.44 p.m.

Published - October 14, 2025 06:22 p.m. IST

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