RAJOURI, MAY 19: The Principal
Secretary to the government Health and Medical Education Department Dr Pawan
Kotwal today reviewed the pace of progress on Govt Medical College campus and
associated projects.
Rs 139
Crore project comprising Rs 69 Cr Academic block, Rs 40 Cr Residential block
for doctors, paramedics and students and Rs 30 Cr for upgradation of District
Hospital into teaching hospital, will have an intake capacity of 1000 medical
students.
Dr Pawan Kotwal
accompanied by District Development Commissioner Rajouri Dr Shahid Iqbal
Choudhary, visited the site and inspected pace of work on various blocks of the
college.
Others present
were AC Revenue A Q Mir, Dy Director Dr Chander Prakash, Nodal Officer for
execution of GMC Rajouri project Dr Geelani, ExEn PWD M A Raina,
representatives of Vijay & Anand associates, the consultancy hired for
designing.
A detailed
presentation was made about the execution of work, safety and other
specifications of the buildings besides physical and financial achievements. It
was informed that 97% of RCC, retaining walls and foundation works have been
completed and 35% of platform cutting work has been executed at overall
expenditure of Rs 30 Cr.
Responding to the
issue of Rs 7 Cr work done liability, Dr Pawan said there is no
constraint of funds as the project is getting assured funding from the Govt of
India. He said that Rs 41 Cr shall be released within a fortnight time. He
further directed the concerned to speed up the work to complete the project
within set deadline to avoid cost overrun. He directed for use of
high quality hollow blocks in construction work keeping in view the
climatic conditions of the area. It was decided that an auditorium shall also
be constructed in the GMC.
Later, the team
of officers also visited District Hospital Rajouri and
discussed plan for its upgradation into Teaching Hospital with addition of 200
bedded block to take the capacity to 500 beds as per MCI guidelines. The
directions were issued for submitting a DPR for 2 Lecture halls, 1 hall each
for dissection and library at the earliest. It was informed that this much
infrastructure is prerequisite for getting letter of permission from MCI to
start class work.
It was also decided that a committee comprising CMO, MS
District Hospital and Nodal Officer for GMC Rajouri project, under the
chairmanship of DDC Rajouri, shall review the DPR prepared for additional block
and restrict it within Rs 30 Cr by considering the optimal
utilisation of already existing space in the district hospital and also
including pre-engineered structures. The committee was asked to submit the
revised project within 15 days.
