By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: BJP Rajya Sabha MP and former IAS officer of Odisha cadre, Ashwini Vaishnav has met both NALCO CMD Sridhar Patra and AIIMS Director Gitanjali Batmananabe and urged them to expedite the stalled construction projects for patients short stay facility (Dharamshala) at the premises of AIIMS-Bhubaneswar, a brain child of former Prime Minister and Bharat Ratna , late AB Vajpayee Ji.
The Rs 19 crore project which was about to built a 85,000 sq feet building has been stalled for a long-time while BJP MP Vaishnav took up the matter with NALCO CMD and AIIMS Director over this issue and urged them to complete it as soon as possible for the benefits of thousands of poor patients. “If the building comes up, it will house more than 400 patients at a time,” the BJP MP argued.
“ NALCO is constructing a patient’s short stay facility (Dharamshala) at AIIMS BBSR. Project is stalled. Met CMD NALCO, Director AIIMS, CPWD team, and visited the site. Very important project. Requesting NALCO and CPWD to resolve and restart the work,” the Rajya Sabha MP said.
NALCO has been funding the projects from its CSR but it the construction work stopped following dispute on construction cost.“About 85,000 sq feet building planned for 400 patients and NALCO financing it from its CSR. But due to dispute on cost of construction, it was delayed but we have resolved it more or less and construction should start sometime soon,” the BJP MP added.
