Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh-
Haryana Labour Minister Anil Vij said that once the construction of the ESI hospital building in Bawal Industrial Area is completed and handed over, the hospital will be equipped with furniture, equipment and staff within three months, inaugurated, and dedicated to the public.
He further said that his effort is to ensure that wherever there is a higher demand from workers, a 100-bedded hospital must be established to provide them with health facilities. He informed that 100-bedded hospitals are to be built in Rohtak, Hisar, Ambala, Sonipat and Karnal, for which the process of land transfer is progressing rapidly so that these projects can be completed at the earliest.
Vij was responding to a question asked by Bawal MLA Dr. Krishan Kumar during the ongoing Monsoon Session of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha. He said that the government has decided to provide land at concessional rates for such hospitals wherever there is greater demand from workers.
He clarified that the ESI hospital in Bawal is not being constructed by the Haryana Government, but rather by ESI, New Delhi, with the construction being carried out by CPWD. Vij informed that about 85 percent of the construction work of this hospital has been completed, and he has written to the Union Labour Minister to expedite its completion.
Highlighting various projects, Vij said that he has also written regarding several ESI projects in the state, including a 100-bedded ESI hospital at Ballabhgarh, an ESI dispensary at Panchkula and the construction of the ESI hospital and dispensary in Sonipat. He added that officers of the State Labour Department are in constant coordination with the Central Ministry/Department to ensure speedy completion of these projects.
Vij said about MLA Dr. Krishan Kumar that he is happy that this is his first time being elected and that he is actively raising issues of Bawal, striving to ensure that the people of the area get benefits as soon as possible.