Lok Sabha Debates
Need To Open New Kendriya Vidyalayas In Sholinganallur And Velachery Towns In ... on 23 August, 2012
> Title: Need to open new Kendriya Vidyalayas in Sholinganallur and Velachery towns in South Chennai Parliamentary Constituency, Tamil Nadu.
SHRI C. RAJENDRAN (CHENNAI SOUTH): It is a fact that many districts in India do not have a Kendriya Vidyalaya. In case of Tamil Nadu, there are only about 35 KVs out of 1080 KVs in India. After delimitation of constituencies in 2009, three new Assembly segments of Virugambakkam, Velachery and Sholinganallur were added to the South Chennai Parliamentary Constituency, along with the existing Assembly segments of T. Nagar, Mylapore and Saidapet.
The Assembly segments of Sholinganallur and Velachery comprises of thousands of poor and downtrodden people who are very eager to educate their children. It is my duty, as their representative, to see that their aspirations are met. But the irony is that Sholinganallur and Velachery Assembly segments in my constituency does not have a Kendriya Vidyalaya. Though there is an immediate and dire need to open new KVs in each and every districts of India, I urge upon the Central Government and the Hon’ble Minister of Human Resources Development to open a new KV each in Sholinganallur and Velachery in my South Chennai Parliamentary Constituency.