Minister for Health and Medical Education, Social Welfare and Education, Sakeena Itoo, today informed the House that the Burzahama Hospital will be constructed at an alternate site and appropriate provision of funding will be kept for timely execution of the project.
The Minister made these remarks while replying to a starred question raised by Salman Sagar in the Legislative Assembly.
She informed that the construction work on Burzahama Hospital building was stopped on the objections of the Archaeological Survey of India, Union Ministry for Culture.
“During the year 2013-14, the construction of PHC Burzahama was taken up in hand under State Sector Capex Budget at an estimated cost of ₹179 lakh through JKPHC, against which ₹17 lakh were released. However, the construction work could not be carried out due to objections raised by the Archaeological Survey of India as the construction site comes under their jurisdiction thereby, causing the work on the project to halt”, apprised the Minister.
The Minister further said that the Intizamia Committee Burzahama offered a piece of Auqaf land for construction of the Health Centre at an alternate site but the Revenue Authority (Deputy Commissioner, Srinagar) has not yet transferred the land to the department for execution of this vital project.
“The department shall explore the possibility for construction of this health project at an alternate site and make appropriate provision of funding for timely execution”, the Minister informed.(GNS)
