Raipur, 02 March 2021. Chief Minister Mr. Bhupesh Baghel has said that Korba district has caught a new direction of development in infrastructure development, tourism, education and now also in the field of medicine. It is the effort of the state government that Korba district should become a beautiful, healthy and educated district of Chhattisgarh. He said that this is the first time in the history of Chhattisgarh when Chhattisgarh is going to get four government medical colleges in a year. In one year, three new medical colleges were approved in Korba, Kanker and Mahasamund. Along with this, it was decided to acquire Chandulal Chandrakar Smriti Medical College. This will help in improving medical education and medical facilities in the state. Chief Minister Mr. Baghel was addressing the function after inaugurating Korba Medical College from his office room in Vidhan Sabha here today through video conferencing and performing Bhoomi Poojan of the new building of the Medical College.
The Chief Minister said that when the state of Chhattisgarh was formed there was a medical college in Raipur. After this new government medical colleges were formed at Bilaspur, Raigarh, Ambikapur, Rajnandgaon and Jagdalpur. The Chief Minister said that there is always a shortage of doctors. In order to increase the number of doctors and to make the benefit of better medical facilities available to the people of the state, it is the effort of the state government to establish a medical college in every Lok Sabha constituency. In the coming time, efforts will also be made to open a medical college at the district level. He said that the state government would make efforts to start a medical college in Janjgir also.
Mr. Baghel said that Korba has been identified as an expressive district by the Central Government. The state government is trying to make it a developed district. Efforts are being made to bring Satrenga of Korba on the national map of tourism. The Chief Minister informed that a provision of Rs 300 crore has been made in the budget for three new medical colleges Korba, Kanker and Mahasamund in the budget of the state government’s financial year 2021-22. Budget allocation for these medical colleges will be released in the coming April. He said that Korba has been identified as Urjandhani. In the coming times, this district will also be identified in the field of medicine and tourism.
Presiding over the program, Vidhan Sabha Speaker Dr. Charan Das Mahant said that the dream of the people of Korba region was to establish a medical college here. So that the children here can become doctors. Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel had announced the establishment of a medical college in Korba a few days ago. It is being launched today. This is a historic occasion for the district. He said that this medical college is being inaugurated in a short period of four months. Money has also been allocated for this medical college. Korba is also coalchained with Vananchal. In the same way, better facilities should be developed here which will benefit the people of the region. Health Minister Shri T.S. Singhdev said that today is a day of pride and happiness for all of us. Approval of three new medical colleges in the state was received under the leadership of Chief Minister Shri Bhupesh Baghel. Out of that, Korba Medical College is being launched today. Chhattisgarh is continuously advancing in the field of health. This achievement is important in the public interest.
School Education Minister and Minister in charge of Korba district, Dr. Premasai Singh Tekam said that the construction of Korba Medical College will be done at a cost of about 325 crores. This medical college will have 100 seats. He congratulated and greeted the villagers on the inauguration of the Medical College. Revenue Minister Shri Jaisingh Agrawal said that the medical college of Korba is starting from this year. A medical college will be established in the IT college campus here. For this, 25 acres of land has been allotted. Tender will be issued soon for the construction of the building. He said that Korba district is the highest royalty-giving mineral, the highest revenue-giving district to railways, Coal mines are operated here. The demand of the people of the district was that a fully equipped medical college should be started in Korba. This medical college started today with the efforts of the Chief Minister. Lok Sabha MP Smt. Jyotsna Mahant along with Shri Purushottam Kanwar, Deputy Chairman, Central Region Tribal Development Authority and Mr. Mohit Ram Kerketta, Chairman, Integrated Tribal Development Project Advisory Board also expressed their views and congratulated the district residents.
Separate arrangements are being made in two blocks of IT college in Jagarha to start studies in this new medical college to be established in Korba. 25 acres of land behind IT College has been identified for the new building of Medical College. On this land, the land of the medical college building was worshiped.
Vidhan Sabha Speaker Dr. Charan Das Mahant, Health Minister Shri T.S. Sinhadev joined. State Revenue Minister Shri Jaisingh Agrawal, School Education Minister and Minister in-charge of Korba District, Dr. Premasai Singh Tekam and Korba Lok Sabha MP Mrs. Jyotsna Mahant, Vice President of Central Region Tribal Development Authority, Mr. Purushottam Kanwar, Integrated Tribal Development at the venue of Korba Several public representatives were present along with the advisory board president of the project Mr. Mohit Ram Kerketta, Mayor of Korba Municipal Corporation, Mr. Rajkishore Prasad, District Panchayat President Mrs. Shivakala Kanwar and Chairman of Municipal Corporation Mr. Shyam Sundar Soni.
It is noteworthy that three new medical colleges are to be opened in Korba, Kanker and Mahasamund under the centrally sponsored scheme for expansion of health facilities and medical education in the state. In Korba district, a new medical college of capacity of one hundred students per year is being opened at a cost of Rs. 325 crores. Out of the total cost of medical college, 60 percent will be borne by the Central Government and 40 percent by the State Government. After the admission of the students in the medical college in the first year, the studies of anotomy, physiology, bio-chemistry will start.
