New Delhi|HL
All India Institute of Medical Science, Delhi (AIIMS) signed MoU with NBCC Limited for developing a housing complex for the staff .
Union Health Minister J P Nadda termed as “historic moment” the signing of MoU, and said ,the last two years many development proposals of AIIMS have turned into reality and we are looking forward for more.
M Venkaiah Naidu, Union Urban Development Minister said the project will change the face of AIIMS.
The professors, teachers and staff working here want better accommodation and facilities. At the same time, taking them away to Noida and Ghaziabad and asking them commute from there is not going to be of any help because they need to focus and concentrate on their research work,” Naidu said on reacting to the protests during his speech.
We are giving land to NBCC so that they can redevelop, create modern houses and better facilities and not for any destructive purpose. As this issue was pending for years as we could not reach a conclusion because for building houses we need money and the resources of government are limited. I don’t understand why some people are opposing this. Naidu added.
In the middle of MoU signing protest seen by Resident doctors who are opposing the government’s policy of selling 10 per cent institutional land for commercial use.
As per the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), NBCC will build 3928 apartments in Ansari Nagar, West Campus for the staff of the country’s premier institute on over 65 acres of land, at an estimated cost of Rs 4,441 crore.
In turn, about 2.9 acres out of 29 acres of institutional land would be given to NBCC for commercial use.
NBCC would be charging 10 per cent of the final project cost as project management consultancy (PMC) fee and 1 per cent for the marketing expenses on total fund realisation from the sale of built up area.
