JAMMU: Underscoring the need for providing better healthcare facilities to the people living in far-flung areas, Deputy Chief Minister, Surinder Choudhary, today directed the officers to speed up the pace of work on the ongoing health-related infrastructural projects.
The Deputy Chief Minister was addressing the officers during a review meeting convened to discuss the status of completion of under-construction Sub District Hospitals of Sunderbani and Nowshera in Rajouri district.
The meeting was attended by the Principal Secretary, Power Development Department, Secretary, PW(R&B) Department, Secretary, H&ME Department, MD JPDCL Jammu, Director Health Services, Jammu, Chief Engineers, PW(R&B) Zone Pir Panjal/ Mechanical and Hospital Engineering Department Jammu/JPDCL Jammu and other senior officers.
The Deputy Chief Minister directed the officers to maintain close coordination to ensure that the SDHs are completed within the stipulated time. He said that the bottlenecks, if any, should be removed so that the work on the project is speeded up and people benefit from the initiatives undertaken by the government to provide better healthcare facilities to them. “Ensure the work on these ambitious healthcare projects is done in double shifts for speedy completion of these projects,” he asked the officers.
“We are committed to providing enhanced healthcare facilities to the people of Jammu and Kashmir with emphasis on rural and far-flung areas. Instructions have already been passed for speeding up the pace of work on various healthcare-related infrastructural works, especially the under-construction Hospitals. Besides, strict monitoring is also being done so that they are completed as early as possible,” the Deputy Chief Minister maintained.
The meeting was told that the 50-bedded Sub District Hospital at Sunderbani is being constructed with an estimated cost of Rs. 18.57 crore and is expected to be completed by July 2025. Similarly, the upgradation of 100-bedded SDH at Nowshera is being taken up with an estimated cost of Rs. 18.8 crore which is expected to be completed by July 2025.
