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A aesculapian assemblage hostel analyzable severely damaged successful past year's AI-171 Air India level crash successful Ahmedabad volition beryllium rebuilt, the Gujarat authorities has said, adjacent arsenic families of immoderate victims privation the tract to beryllium preserved arsenic a memorial.
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The authorities volition physique a caller ultra-modern hostel installation astatine the aforesaid tract astatine an estimated outgo of ₹105 crore, Health Minister Praful Pansheriya said connected Tuesday (May 26, 2026).
The London-bound Air India formation AI-171 crashed into the hostel analyzable of B.J. Medical College successful Meghaninagar country moments aft taking disconnected from the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport connected June 12 past year, sidesplitting 241 persons connected committee and 19 persons connected the ground. One rider survived.
In emails sent to authorities and shared by a instrumentality steadfast representing 115 victims, household members said the spot should beryllium preserved arsenic a "space of representation and reflection".
"For us, this spot is not simply onshore oregon infrastructure. It is simply a tract connected to lives, memories, grief, and irreversible loss.... A memorial would service not lone arsenic a spot of remembrance for families, but besides arsenic a imperishable nationalist acknowledgement of the lives mislaid and the value of accountability and safety," said 1 email.
The relatives appealed that the authorities consult them earlier taking immoderate irreversible determination astir the clang site.
Announcing the redevelopment plan, Mr. Pansheriya said that the Tata Group, which owns Air India, has agreed to wage ₹53.12 crore to the wellness section towards the harm caused to the 'Atulyam' 1 to 4 hostel blocks, canteen, and sub-station gathering located adjacent the Civil Hospital.
A structural audit conducted aft the clang recovered that the buildings were unsafe, making demolition unavoidable. To guarantee that accommodation facilities for students are not disrupted, the State authorities decided to conception a caller hostel, Mr. Pansheriya said.
The task volition see a ground-plus-8 'Atulyam 1 to 7' hostel analyzable with accommodation facilities for 236 doctors, including those who are joined and privation to unrecorded with their spouses. It volition besides see a canteen artifact and a caller sub-station building.
Each workplace apartment-style portion volition person a surviving country with an attached kitchen, bedroom, and toilet facilities, portion the field volition besides see basement parking, abstracted accommodation for unmarried PG students, a gymnasium, a recreation room, and landscaped areas, according to the authorities statement.
A proviso of ₹34.65 crore has already been made for the task successful the 2026-27 fund against an estimated allocation of ₹51.84 crore, Mr. Pansheriya noted.
