The Union health ministry is planning to set up a vaccine manufacturing unit with World Health Organisation's licence and a medical park at Chengalpattu, 30 km from Chennai, at an investment of Rs.300-500 crore.
The upcoming vaccine unit and the medical park will also have a medicity along with a research and development (R&D) centre, to be implemented in phases.
The state has provided 400 acres of land in Chengalpattu for the purpose. Of the total area, around 200 acres will be used for the vaccine park and the remaining for the medical park. The first phase of the facility, which will include the vaccine manufacturing unit, is likely to commence within two years. |