Chennai: The Government of Tamil Nadu will setup a state-of-art Central University in the Tiruvarur district. The state government has also started identifying buildings to locate the university temporarily.

The decision was taken in a two-day annual conference which was attended by Chief Minister, M. Karunanidhi along with the district collectors and police officers.

Karunanidhi urged all the collectors present at the conference to speed up the process of selecting areas for setting up government medical colleges in the state.

After reviewing the ongoing project reports, the Chief Minister ordered all concerned officials to make sure that the project runs according as per the schedule.

The state government will also start the construction of a Rs.100 crore library in October, later this year. The construction of the library is scheduled to be completed by March 2009.

It was also decided during the meeting that the construction of a 20-acre world class botanical garden on Cathedral Road will begin shortly.