Finance Dept releases Rs 71 cr for Sant Attar Singh State Institute of Medical Sciences
Chandigarh, August 8: The Finance, Planning, Excise and Taxation Minister on Monday stated that the Finance Department has released Rs 71 crore for Sant Baba Attar Singh State Institute Of Medical Sciences, Mastuana Sahib, Sangrur to ensure that the work on the ambitious project to be completed in a time bound manner.
While addressing the press conference, Harpal Cheema said that under the leadership of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Punjab Government committed to complete the work on the Sant Baba Attar Singh State Institute Medical College by March 31, 2023.
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He further stated that that the finance minister and Department has also given approval to the creation of 1020 posts for the institute and academic session would commence from April 1 next year.
He further stated that the college with MBBS seats would emerge as a hub of medical education in the entire region.
Giving a brief account of the grants released for this upcoming medical college, Cheema said that an amount of Rs. 49.98 crore has been released to the institute for the construction of boys’ and girls’ hostel, and Rs. 21.19 has been released for the extension of existing Civil Hospital, Sangrur and construction of additional floor in Civil Hospital.
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Notably, the Sant Attar Singh State Institute of Medical Sciences at Mastuana Sahib to come up over an area of 25 acres with an estimated cost of nearly Rs.345.00 crores. The Civil Hospital, Sangrur will also be attached with the medical college.
-PTC News
