Union Railway Minister and Chandigarh MP Pawan Kumar Bansal on Sunday announced Rs40 lakh each for the upgradation of three schools to smart schools here from his MPlAD fund.
He inaugurated newly built smart school in Sector-50 here. The school building came up on an area of approximately four acre comprising 28 classrooms equipped with latest learning devices and is built at a cost of Rs6 crore for provision of civil works, another Rs60 lakh is spent over conversion to smart school.
Another smart school in Sector 54 is all set to be completed and will start soon. Five more schools are proposed to be set up as Smart Schools in the financial year 2013-14, at an estimated cost of Rs3.50 crore.
These five schools include Government High School, Sector 54, GMSSS 16, GMSSS 35, GMSSS-MHC Manimajra and GMHS Sector 28-D.
Bansal also inaugurated Emergency-cum-Mother & Child Health Block at Civil Hospital, Manimajra.
This block will ensure 24x7 availability of doctors to provide relief to the pregnant mothers and children in particular, apart from other ailments.
With the upgradation, 40 beds will be available for mother and child health care.