Deepa threatens stir in N Bengal over super specialty hospital
9 September 2011SILIGURI, 9 SEPT: The Raiganj MP and senior Congress leader, Mrs Deepa Das Munshi, has threatened a stir in north Bengal if the chief minister, Miss Mamata Banerjee kept on dithering over the proposed super specialty hospital for north Dinajpur on the lines of All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi.
Mrs Das Munshi said that she had sent a letter to the chief minister a few days ago, seeking an appointment with her to discuss about the proposed health facility at Panishala near Raiganj. “I am still waiting for her response,” she said.
The senior Congress leader and former Union minister, Mr Priya Ranjan Das Munshi, had conceived the project. But his dream project has remained unfulfilled as Mr Das Munshi fell seriously ill.
“To put pressure on the chief minister, we will send a delegation from north Bengal to her soon. In case she remains apathetic to the demand we would stage a stir throughout north Bengal. Life may be disrupted and the chief minister would be held responsible for the likely mess,” she warned over phone from New Delhi.
“We are all confused, as contrasting signals keep coming from the state government. The project is believed to be hanging in balance because of land acquisition problem. But we have cleared decks for the purpose, having earmarked lands at Panishala along the National Highway 34. The Centre would do the rest once the state government acquires the land,” she said.
“The fund is no factor concerning the project. The state government would have to just sanction around Rs 15.5 crore in connection with the land acquisition. A part of it can easily be managed from the Uttar Banga Unnayan Parshad fund, amounting to Rs 200 crore, the state government has allotted for the body. The rest I will manage from the MPs’ local area development fund,” she said. sns
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