Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Sunday reviewed the arrangements for the foundation stone laying ceremony of the Super-Specialty Cancer Treatment and Research Centre at Mullanpur near Chandigarh on December 30 to be presided over by the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
The upcoming Cancer Hospital and Research Centre would be developed and established by Bhaba Atomic Research Centre (BARC) on the lines of Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, at the cost of Rs 450 crore. Badal convened a special meeting of senior leadership of the SAD-BJP from Patiala, Fatehgarh Sahib, Mohali and Ropar districts on Sunday to monitor the preparatory arrangements and held detailed parleys with the top leadership and party workers to elicit their views to make this function a memorable event, said a spokesperson of the Chief Minister’s office.
During the meeting, the Chief Minister apprised them that after the formal clearance of the project by the Department of Atomic Energy headed by Manmohan Singh, he made a personal request to the Prime Minister to lay the foundation stone of this coveted project which was an outcome of his persistent efforts to get it sanctioned from the Central Government.
For the prestigious mega Cancer Healthcare institute, the Punjab Government had given 50 acres of prime land in Mullanpur free of cost. Expressing gratitude to Manmohan Singh, the Chief Minister said that he was personally indebted to him for clearing this prestigious project expeditiously to provide the best healthcare and diagnostic facilities to the patients afflicted with Cancer in the region and was overwhelmed too by his benevolent gesture to accept his invitation graciously to lay its foundation stone on December 30.