Hospital land unused, Faridabad resident files RTI plea

Bijendra Ahlawat
Tribune News Service
Faridabad, September 1

A four-acre prime land worth over Rs 193 crore allotted to a private hospital here has been lying unused. A local resident has filed the second appeal under the RTI Act before the State Information Commission (SIC) but the HSVP, which had leased out the land, has not been provided him information about its current status.

The land was allotted in 1991 to a private welfare trust in Sector 16-A here for running a hospital on lease for 99 years at Rs 15.09 lakh per acre, totaling Rs 60.36 lakh. A letter dated March 19, 1991, was issued by the HSVP (then HUDA) office here to the New Delhi-based allottee.

While according to the rules, the plot was to be used for hospital on the condition that 25 per cent of the beds will be free and reserved for the weaker sections, it is revealed that a private hospital stopped functioning about five years ago.

Kailash Sharma, a local resident, alleged the plot was on the target of the land mafia.

“Though the land already stands resumed, any decision regarding its use will be taken by the state government,” said an HSVP official.