Andhra Pradesh to get 7 new ESI hospitals and 3 to get makeover
Vijayawada: The Union Ministry of Labor Shri Bhupender Yadav announced on Monday that the Centre has sanctioned seven new Employees' State Insurance (ESI) hospitals and three reconstructions of ESI hospitals in the state.
The construction of the new Visakhapatnam ESI hospital was entrusted to the Central public works department (CPWD) at a cost of Rs. 384.26 crore in February.
Yadav told TNIE, that these 7 ESI hospitals are at different stages, ranging from land allotment to construction.
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Newsmeter Network reports that the Ministry had also sanctioned a cost of Rs. 73.68 crore for a new ESI hospital at Vizianagaram that has been entrusted to MECON. A new ESI Hospital at Kakinada has been entrusted to CPWD at a cost of Rs. 102.77 crore. An amount of Rs. 17.23 crore has been released.
"The other four newly-approved hospital projects at Guntur, Penukonda, and Sri City Nellore are at the land allotment stage. The project at Atchutapuram is at the land possession stage. The remaining three projects are at different stages of construction," said the Union Minister.
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