Nagpur: GMCH Cancer hospital's construction put on hold for lack of budget
NMRDA invited tenders and sought Rs 20 crore from the medical education department for the first phase in 2021 and the project has been stopped by NMRDA as no funds were sanctioned despite repeated requests and reminders.;
Nagpur: The construction of a cancer hospital in GMCH Nagpur has been halted by the Nagpur Metropolitan Region Development Authority (NMRDA) after the medical education department failed to provide the initial funds of Rs20 crore.
The then central government approved the proposal to establish this cancer hospital in 2012. In 2017, the court directed the hospital to be set up within two years. In 2019, The government gave administrative approval of Rs 76 crore for construction and Rs 23 crore for equipment purchase. The responsibility for construction was given to Nagpur Metropolitan Region Development Authority (NMRDA).
NMRDA invited tenders and sought Rs 20 crore from the medical education department for the first phase in 2021 and the project has been stopped by NMRDA as no funds were sanctioned despite repeated requests and reminders.
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NMRDA's superintending engineer Leena Upadhyay told TOI, "The project is no more viable. We sought funds from the state government for three years to start the construction of a cancer hospital in GMCH Nagpur. The state had given us a written guarantee of funds, after which we floated tenders for construction. But no funds were allotted even after the tender process was completed. We have informed the department concerned that NMRDA cannot continue work on this project."
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