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Tuesday 09th of February 2010 04:54:56 AM |
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Centre to set up new AIIMS branches
2009-06-18 [13:58:05 hrs] | | | The Centre was for early setting up of new branches of All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said on Thursday and asked the Orissa government to remove hurdles in the building of the branch of the premier institute. |
| | | ''I will review the progress in all the new AIIMS projects, including the one proposed to be constructed here, to ensure these are ready in about three years. I will also speak to the construction agency,'' he told reporters in Bhubaneswar.
Claiming that the steps taken by the state government for the ambitious Rs 820 crore project were slow and sluggish and though the detailed project report for the Orissa AIIMS was ready, proper land demarcation was yet to be completed.
The state should take quick steps to remove the high power transmission line at the site, Azad said unauthorized structures should also removed and a small village relocated.
On its part, the Centre was taking steps to bring momentum to the project, he said adding he had spoken to Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh about the need for clearance to about 90 acres of the proposed AIIMS site in Bhubaneswar.
''Since Orissa badly needs an AIIMS, we are taking all steps to ensure that the project becomes operational at the earliest,'' he said. |
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