Land transferred, 50-bed hospital to come up in Moga

Tribune News service

Chandigarh, October 6

Local Government Minister Brahm Mohindra accorded its permission to transfer a 12-kanal plot of the Local Bodies Department at Dune Ke village in Moga district to the Health Department for construction of a 50-bed hospital and trauma centre.

Keeping in view the priority to provide health services in backward areas, the minister has given a go-ahead to proposal to allot the prime land free to the Health Department.

Giving details, a spokesperson said after receiving a memorandum seeking a plot for the hospital and trauma centre, the Municipal Corporation, Moga, had constituted a committee to select the land.

He said the committee had selected a stretch of 12-kanal land at Dune Ke village. Of the 12-kanal land, 5 kanals would be given for a 50 bed Aayush Hospital and 7 kanal for the trauma centre.

Earlier, the Municipal Corporation abiding by the Municipal Corporation Act, 1976, had put up a proposal to sell the land on the collector rate. Moga MLA Dr Harjot Kanwal then approached Mohindra and apprised him of the need for a hospital and trauma centre in the area. He had urged the minister to allot the land free of cost.