Inaugurating new building of Rao Tula Ram (RTR) hospital, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that development has reached every nook and corner of Delhi at an unprecedented speed; reduced corruption and leakage of funds in Delhi. Targeting previous governments that ruled Delhi past 20 years, Kejriwal said that the project was started to build a 100 bed hospital in this area with 100 crore budget many years before and foundation stone was laid by Sahib Singh Verma, former Chief Minister, Delhi, 20 years ago. "However it has not yet been completed, though inaugurated many times just before the elections", Kejriwal said.
"Here we are building a 270-bed hospital, that too with a budget of Rs 65 crores. In the central government project, on bed costs Rs 1 crore, but in our project, it costs Rs 25 lakhs. We will make a better hospital with better facilities, but with a lower budget. It will be completely air-conditioned and matching with the top private hospitals in Delhi," Kejriwal said. According to Delhi Government, overall cost of the project is Rs 65 crore with addition of new 270 beds.
Promising to make RTR a better with better facilities equivalent to private hospitals, Kejriwal said, "If the union Government had not troubled us, you can imagine the extent of development works that our government would have undertaken in Delhi."
Health Minister Satyendar Jain who was also there during inauguration, said that we aim to establish a robust healthcare system for the citizens of Delhi."
Transport and Law Minister, Kailash Gahlot and Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Najafgarh said ,"We have not forgotten this corner of Delhi". Kailash Gahlot answered to my question — when did the Chief Minister of Delhi visit this place last time, that he can't remember it. Earlier, the villages on the outskirts of Delhi were not part of Delhi's development story."