Health Minister of Jharkhand Rajendra Singh laid the foundation stone of proposed medical college at Hazaribagh on Thursday. Since he arrived very late, therefore he could not go to Dandai-Amnari village of Sadar block, which is near BSF training centre, Meru and laid the stone online from Sadar Hospital Hazaribagh.
Singh took a close look of the buildings and facilities available at Sadar Hospital. He ordered GM electricity board to give power connection in the new building by tonight so that the lift can be used by the Doctors and Patients.
Talking with media Rajendra Singh said that Hemant Government has given NOC for 8 more medical colleges in the state and soon about 800 doctors will be appointed. About recent tussle with MCI, he said that state government and high court saved the future of 160 students and now we are working hard to fulfill the norms so that such condition never arise.
When asked about the deteriorating power condition and dispute with DVC, Minister Singh said that DVC is Jharkhand’s pride. It gets more than 40 per cent coal from Jharkhand but gives less than 10 per cent power of their total production. Talks are going on to solve the dispute; meanwhile we have decided to pay Rs175 crores per month to them.Rajendra Singh refused to say anything on Yogendra Sao issue. He said that party president and CM is looking into it and only those two can say anything on this issue.
He informed that underground cabling of electric wires will be done in places having population of more than 15 thousand.Minister Singh also laid the foundation stone of a power substation and inaugurated the solar lights installed in VBU campus in late evening. MlA Saurav Narayan Singh said that medical college cum hospital is a demand of people of Hazaribagh.
“I was trying for it since long. Today I am feeling relaxed as foundation stone of 100 bed hospital cum medical college has been laid to be built on identified 32 acres Government land,” Singh added.