Health minister reviews GMC Handwara functioning

Kupwara, Oct 31: Minister of Health and Medical Education, Social Welfare, School Education and Higher Education, Sakeena Masood today visited the construction site of Government Medical College (GMC) Handwara and took detailed appraisal of the construction site as well as progress of ongoing works.

During the visit, the Minister took detailed round of the construction site and took first-hand assessment of the ongoing works.

She held detailed deliberations with the engineers of the project executing agency and sought details from them about the present status of the project as well as issues pertaining to its smooth execution.

While interacting with the officers of executing agency, Sakeena Masood highlighted that purpose of her visit was to check the construction site and its feasibility, so that the project can be taken to its logical end.

At the construction site of GMC Handwara , the Minister was apprised by the Executive Engineer R&B that the under-construction GMC project costs Rs 325 crore and has 251 kanals of land in possession. 17 buildings are to be constructed for GMC and work is in progress on 11 buildings while as work is in progress on 200 -bedded hospital building in the premises of District Hospital at Handwara.