Two highly-anticipated All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) initiatives have been accepted concurrently for Jammu Kashmir in 2019.
Whereas the operations at AIIMS Jammu have began following its inauguration by Prime Minister Narendra Modi final month, the AIIMS undertaking in Awantipora is lagging far behind completion, with roughly 45-50 % of the work nonetheless pending.
In response to particulars obtained by the information company—Kashmir Information Observer (KNO), the deadline for AIIMS Awantipora’s completion is January 2025, but a variety of work stays unfinished.
Officers knowledgeable KNO that the deadline for the completion of AIIMS Awantipora is January 2025, however practically half of the work stays unfinished.
“It appears the AIIMS Awantipora received’t be accomplished quickly. If the federal government needs to finish this formidable undertaking on time, then there’s a must work in double shifts,” they mentioned, including, “Over the previous 5 years, solely round 50 % of the AIIMS Awantipora undertaking has been accomplished. The authorities have a frightening activity of ending the remaining work throughout the subsequent 11 months.”
Locals from Awantipora and neighbouring areas have urged the federal government to expedite the undertaking’s completion by December to alleviate their struggling because of the lack of remedy choices for numerous ailments.
Expressing disappointment over the unequal progress, locals mentioned each initiatives ought to have been accomplished concurrently.
“The individuals of Kashmir are struggling extra for the need of remedies as in comparison with Jammu who’ve simple choices to go to the AIIMS Delhi,” the locals mentioned, including that the federal government ought to have given precedence to AIIMS Awantipora.
In the meantime, officers engaged on the AIIMS Awantipora undertaking mentioned the work goes in full swing and might be accomplished by January 2025. Nonetheless, they mentioned the undertaking confronted numerous challenges, together with authorized disputes over land acquisition, the aftermath of Article 370 abrogation, points with close by army installations, opposed climate circumstances and the COVID-19 pandemic, which have hampered progress.
Regardless of these hurdles, officers mentioned the undertaking has gained momentum over the previous yr.
The federal government has set a deadline of December 31, 2024, for the undertaking’s completion.
The AIIMS was accepted by the Central authorities in 2019 at an estimated value of Rs 1,828 crore. The undertaking entails the development of roughly 57 buildings, together with a hospital, hostels, residential quarters, a soccer floor, tennis courts, and gardens with medicinal vegetation, amongst different services.
The institute will add 1,000 beds to its present capability in Kashmir, together with 300 super-speciality beds. The formidable undertaking additionally features a Medical College with a capability of 100 college students and a Nursing College with a capability of 60 college students—(KNO)
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