100-bed ESI hosp to come up in VZM

Visakhapatnam: YSRC leader and

Rajya Sabha

member V Vijayasai Reddy on Thursday said the Centre has sanctioned a 100-bed ESI (Employees State Insurance Corporation) hospital in Vizianagaram district. The hospital would be set up with an estimated cost of Rs 73.68 crore and it would be completed by March of 2023.

Replying to a starred question of Vijayasai, Santosh Kumar Gangwar, minister of state for labour and employment, said the ESI has given approval for setting up the hospital. It would be equipped with primary and secondary care medical facilities-specialised care with outpatients, in-patient, emergency services, operation theatre, labour room, diagnostic services, drug distribution and including facilities under Ayush. He said the government has already sanctioned the cost of the project.

Replying to another query of Vijayasai Reddy Hardeep Singh Puri, minister of state for the ministry of housing and urban affairs, said that interest subsidy on house loans was extended up to March of this year. Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme for Middle Income Group (CLSS for MIG) under Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan, CLSS for MIG extended from April 1 of 2020 to March 31 of this year.

Meanwhile, Union minister of state for communications, education, electronics and information technology, Sanjay Dhotre said that more than 12,000 gram panchayats in Andhra Pradesh are yet to be made service-ready under the BharatNet Project. He said that the Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL) disbursed Rs 437 crore in AP under BharatNet project since 2016–17.Responding to a query by the YSRC Rajya Sabha MP V Vijayasai Reddy, the minister said that a total of 1,696 gram panchayats including block headquarters have been made service-ready in AP under this project as of now.