Gujarat: Centre to decide place for setting up AIIMS, informs Nitin Patel
We have identified two locations, one in Vadodara and another in Rajkot, and sent proposals to the Centre. A Central team has visited both the sites and all other related procedures are over. Now it is up to the Centre to decide the place for AIIMS
Ahmedabad: Amidst a fight between Rajkot and Vadodara for getting an All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), the Gujarat Government said Wednesday that the Centre will decide where the new institute will come up.
Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel said the BJP-government in the state has sent a proposal to the Centre by identifying potential sites in both the cities.
"It is very important for our government to get an institute like AIIMS here as people will be able to avail of excellent health facilities free," he said in Gandhinagar.
"We have identified two locations, one in Vadodara and another in Rajkot, and sent proposals to the Centre. A Central team has visited both the sites and all other related procedures are over. Now it is up to the Centre to decide the place for AIIMS," he said.
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