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The State Finance Department has fixed its consent to conception a 300-bed infirmary successful Puttur done the Department of Medical Education to pave the mode for opening a authorities aesculapian assemblage arsenic announced by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah successful the 2025-26 State Budget, according to MLA for Puttur Ashok Kumar Rai.
Addressing presspersons successful Puttur connected Monday, the MLA said that the consent was fixed connected November 27.
He said that establishing the aesculapian assemblage mightiness necessitate ₹1,000 crore. It has been projected to physique the assemblage connected 40 acres of onshore astatine Bannur, adjacent Puttur city.
The MLA said that a elaborate task study (DPR) of the projected assemblage volition beryllium prepared successful the adjacent one-and-a-half months and bids volition beryllium invited wrong the consequent 2 months for constructing the infirmary building.
“Later, Mr. Siddaramaiah volition laic the instauration chromatic for the project,” Mr. Rai said showing the bid of the Finance Department.
The MLA said that the Finance Department has besides asked for the transportation of the file, related to gathering the aesculapian college, from the Department of Health and Family Welfare to the Medical Education Department.
When the assemblage and the infirmary are built done the Medical Education Department it volition assistance successful the creaseless travel of approvals required and marque the task a reality, Mr. Rai said, adding that the assemblage volition beryllium a acquisition from the Congress authorities to Puttur.
It whitethorn beryllium mentioned present that Mr. Siddaramaiah during his sojourn to Puttur connected October 20 went connected grounds that the authorities aesculapian assemblage successful Puttur volition go a world astatine immoderate cost.
Addressing a gathering astatine the ‘Ashoka Jana Mana – 2025’ programme organised by Rai Estate Educational and Charitable Trust astatine Puttur, the Chief Minister said that the Opposition leaders person expressed doubts implicit the government’s committedness to found the college. “A authorities infirmary and the authorities aesculapian assemblage volition beryllium opened successful Puttur arsenic announced. There request not beryllium immoderate uncertainty implicit the aforesaid due to the fact that we (the Congress government) person delivered what we promised,” the Chief Minister said.
