Thread by @thisisRaj_

A glimpse of #Karunanidhi's few achievements to remember on his birth anniversary.

Five-time Chief Minister of #Tamilnadu.
Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) for 60 years.
Never defeated in an election as an MLA.

#HBDKalaingar99 #FatherOfModernTamilnadu

💠SIPCOT in 1971, State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu.
💠SIDCO in 1971, Tamil Nadu Small Industries Development Corporation Limited.
💠ELCOT, Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu Limited in 1977.
💠TIDEL Park, Chennai, is one of the largest IT parks in Asia.

💠First government in India to get a separate IT Policy, back in 1997
💠Single window system for starting industries
💠Tamil Nadu, leading to the nickname for Chennai, “Detroit of India”, with more than one-third of India’s automobile industry.

💠Salem Steel Plant
💠India’s Second Mine-Cut and Electricity Scheme was set up in Neyveli by his efforts.
💠1967 to 1975 No of bridges constructed 80 No of underground/over-bridges constructed 40.
💠Anna Flyover (1973), the bridge was the third of its kind in the nation.

💠First Chief Minister/Government to create a separate Highways department.
💠First Chief Minister and Tamil Nadu was the first state to implement underground sewage even in small municipal towns.
💠First Chief Minister, Govt to create a water and sewerage board

💠First Chief Minister, Govt in the country to give equal pay to state Govt employees as their central counterparts
💠First Chief Minister, Govt to streamline retirement age and associated benefits of Teachers and Govt employees, replicated across the country.

💠First in India, Family welfare financial aid for bereaved families of Govt employees
💠First in India, Police Commission
💠The first farmer's market in India
💠Free electricity to farmers and weavers for the first time in the country

💠First state to enact a law against manual scavenging.
💠First state to create a board/department for the welfare of backward
💠First Govt to introduce mass health insurance for the poor in India
💠First Govt to introduce preventive Heath scheme in India

💠First Govt to introduce a free cataract and eyeglasses scheme in India.
💠First government to give women equal share in parental/ancestral property by law, back in 1970
💠First Chief Minister to induct women into police force back in 1973.

💠Chennai Metro
💠Setup a goal and mission back in 1971 to provide Electricity to all the villages.
💠Setup a goal and mission back in 1971 to provide Electricity to all the villages.
💠Koyambedu Bus terminus at in Chennai 2002
💠The Koyambedu market complex

💠119 new Courts have been opened; Rs. 302 crores allocated for providing infrastructural facilities in the Courts between 1996 and 2011.
💠Chennai General Hospital.
💠Construction of over 20 small dams between 1996 and 2001.

💠4,945 Kilometre long roads were broadened and converted to two-lane roads between 2006 and 2011.
💠1 Govt medical and engineering college per district as a policy and practice.
💠Established Tamil as a classical language
💠Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation established

💠33% reservation in local body elections In 1996
💠30% employment reservation in Govt jobs
💠Maternity financial aid scheme
💠Free cochlear implants for hearing impaired children, costing upwards of Rs. 600,000.
💠Separate Welfare Board for agricultural workers

💠Free Housing Scheme for Fishermen
💠Rice @ 1 Rupee/1 Kg
💠Samathuvapuram
💠Abolished Hand Rickshaw
💠The imposing Kathipara cloverleaf, the largest in Asia then.
💠Implementation of 69% reservation

#HBDKalaingar99 #FatherOfModernTamilnadu