AIIMS coordination Committee on Wednesday evening decided to suspend it ongoing agitation over the issue of setting up of separate AIIMS in Jammu after the Centre directed the State Government to identify pieces of land each to establish AIIMS in both the regions.
“It is good that the Centre has asked to identify 200 acres (1600 kanals) of land each in both the regions,” Abhinav Sharma, Chairman, Coordination Committee here told reporters.
He said that the Jammu bandh will be called off from on Thursday but the ongoing chain hunger strike will continue unless a separate notification is issued by the Union Health Ministry on setting up AIIMS in Jammu region.
The announced followed shortly after State Health Minister Choudhary lal Singh told reporters at a separate Press briefing that the Government of India had asked the State Government to identify 200 acres of land each in both the regions for AIIMS.
“There was previously also no doubt on the issue of AIIMS for Jammu region but some members of Coordination Committee demanded it in black and white,” Singh told reporters.