TAMILNADU STATE HEALTH TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT

Introduction:

Tamil Nadu State Health Transport Department was formed in 1981 as a separate Directorate for attending the repairs/maintenance and servicing of Motor vehicles under the administrative control of the Health and Family Welfare Department.? The above pattern of works are got executed in this type of Workshops namely 27 Mobile Workshops. 9 District Workshops and 7 Regional Workshops.

??????????? The percentage of fleet in operation which was 72.6% at the beginning of the formation of this Department in 1981, has been progressively improved and now it is 96%

Sanctioned staff strength:

SL.NO

NAME OF THE POST

NO OF POST AS ON 1.1.2003

1

Director

1

2

Deputy?? Director? (Technical)

1

3

Deputy? ?Director? (Administration)

1

4

Accounts?? officer

1

5

Automobile?? Engineer

1

6

Technical??? Officer

1

7

Material?? Manager

1

8

Workshop?? Superintendent

7

9

Assistant Accounts?? Officer

7

10

Assistant?? Engineer

9

11

General?? Foreman

10

12

Ministerial Staff

87

13

Technical?? Staff

448

14

Office Assistant, Sweeper and Watchman

94

?

TOTAL

669

?

Units functioning:

Head Quarters of 7

Regional Workshops.

Headquarters of 9

District Workshops.

Headquarters of?? 27

Mobile Maintenance Units.

Chennai

Chengalpattu

Chennai (S)

Chennai (N)

Chengalpattu and

Kancheepuram??

Tiruvellore

Vellore

Villupuram

Vellore

Cuddalore

Villupuram and

Tiruvannamalai

Salem

Dharmapuri

Salem and

Dharmapuri.

Coimbatore

Udhagamandalam and

Erode

?

Tiruppur

Erode and

Udhagamandalam

Tiruchirappalli

Thanjavur and Pudukkottai

Tiruchirappalli,

?Thanjavur

Perambalur and

Nagappattinam.

Madurai

Virudhunagar

Madurai (S)

Madurai (N)

Theni

Ramnad

Sivaganga

Dindigul

Tirunelveli

Nagercoil

Tirunelveli (N)

Tirunelveli (S)

Sankarankoil

Nagercoil.

Tuticorin

Directorate wise fleet strength maintained by this Department is given hereunder:

S.No

DIRECTORATE

NO. OF VEHICLES

1.

Public Health and Preventive Medicine

1078

2.

Medical and Rural Health Services

541

3.

Family Welfare

720

4.

Medical Education

239

5.

Tamil Nadu State Health Transport Department

52

6.

DANIDA Health Care Project

20

7.

Indian Medicine and Homeopathy

10

8.

Drugs Control

3

?

TOTAL

2663

?