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Tourism Minister R. Rajendran participated in the crushed breaking ceremonial and inaugurated the operation works of the library-cum-knowledge centre named Bharathidasan Arivulagam, astatine ₹103.90 crore adjacent Salem Central Prison connected Tuesday (January 13, 2026).
The Minister inspected the spot and held talks with the officials astir the facilities to beryllium provided astatine the centre.
Addressing the media, the Minister stated that successful the 2025-26 budget, Chief Minister M.K. Stalin announced that a library-cum-knowledge centre volition beryllium constructed with world-class facilities and equipped with implicit 1 lakh books, to payment students preparing for competitory examinations. Based connected the announcement, Mr. Stalin laid the instauration chromatic during his sojourn to Salem connected June 12, 2025. The operation works for the room began connected Tuesday, which volition screen an country of 6,958 sq. m., helium added.
The Minister explained that the crushed level of the Bharathidasan Arivulagam volition beryllium constructed connected 1,575 sq. m., including a gathering hallway accommodating 300 people, a publication speechmaking room, a VIP room, and an creation hall. The archetypal level (1,053 sq. m.) volition person a part for competitory exams, newspapers and journals. The 2nd level (1,198 sq. m.) volition beryllium equipped with a multi-training hallway with 125 seats, a subject centre (55 seats), a children’s part (50 seats), and a kids theatre (80 seats).
The 3rd level (1,039 sq. m.) volition person a Tamil publication speechmaking Department, the 4th level (881 sq. m.) with an English publication speechmaking department, the 5th level (685 sq. m.) with a integer room with 55 seats, and the sixth level (527 sq. m.) with a room office, a main librarian room, and a video conferencing room.
The Minister added that each level volition have separate toilet facilities for men, women, and the differently-abled and 4 lifts volition beryllium installed for nationalist use. Instructions were fixed to the contractors to implicit the operation works wrong the scheduled time, helium said.
Salem Corporation Mayor A. Ramachandran, Public Works Department (PWD) superintendent technologist Balaravikumar, enforcement technologist S. Thiyagarajan, and officials participated.
