Chennai: Transport minister V. Senthil Balaji on Friday said that in a few days, work contract would be awarded for the monorail project and foundation stone laying ceremony would be held.

Intervening in the debate on thanks giving motion to the Governor’s address, Mr Balaji said that after the detailed project report prepared by a consultant, the tender for the project was floated. He said that the bids would be awarded in a few days and very soon foundation stone would be laid for the project.

DMK member I. Periyasamy wanted to know what steps were taken to implement the monorail projects. Earlier, he demanded the state government establish a medical college in Dindigul for which works were initiated by the DMK government.

Power minister Natham R. Viswanathan came down heavily on the then DMK government for making announcement for setting up the college in run up to the 2011 Assembly polls. “DMK government did not allocate funds or identify land for the college,” he said.