Ranchi

'Hazaribagh to have medical college soon'

RR Srivastava

Putting an end to the demand made by the residents of Hazaribagh, Chief Minister Hemant Soren assured that the city knows for its climate and educational institutions will soon have a medical college in its kitty. Addressing a public meeting during Development Cum loan Distribution Fair organized by the district administration on Friday Soren said that the government was serious in fulfilling the demand of medical college and the process of opening a medical college here would be initiated soon.

The CM was in Hazaribagh on the first day of his six-day Divisional tours planned to sense the nerves of people through media interactions in the five Divisions of Jharkhand.

The CM also said that the government is firm to have an overall development of the state. Jharkhand is rich not only in minerals but the youths of this state are also our asset, he added.

Referring to the achievements of his government during last one year he said that it will keep on improving in the days to come.

Soren inaugurated 17 schemes and laid the foundation stone of 5 schemes involving Rs144 crores during the fair.

Apart from the CM, Agriculture Minister Yogendra Sao and Water Resources Minister Jaiprakash Bhai Patel and MlA Saurav Narayan Singh, during the fair distributed loans of over Rs 188 crore among the selected beneficiaries under several schemes.

The fair was organized at Hazaribagh Stadium having more than 70 stalls of different banks, NGOs, government departments and other organisations

DC Sunil Kumar during his welcome speech said that similar event was organized some 9 months ago during which the CM had distributed loans, inaugurated and laid foundation stones of schemes worth Rs400 crores and this time it is more than Rs372 crores.