Harsimrat to CM: Speed up nod for AIIMS

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 13

Union Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal today asked Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh to expedite grant of requisite no-objection certificates (NoCs) for civil works “which has delayed the start of work on the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Bathinda by four months”.

In a letter to the CM, the Bathinda MP said the delay in granting permissions for shifting of water channels which fell within the premises of the proposed institute had delayed the construction of AIIMS’ boundary wall. She said the Health Department had not issued an NoC for shifting of the water channels despite a request from the Bathinda DC on August 3.

She said the Union Health Ministry had given the NoC for the proposal submitted by the state government in July, 2017.

Harsimrat said besides this, Punjab Agricultural University had delayed the transfer of an alternative plot to AIIMS as a replacement for the water tank falling inside the same plot. She said in this case also the Centre had given an NoC four months ago, but the state Health Department had not issued the NoC to affect the transfer.