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PM Modi visits Himachal Pradesh, lays foundation stone for AIIMS at Bilaspur

| @indiablooms | Oct 03, 2017, at 09:44 pm
Bilaspur, Oct 3 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), at Bilaspur, Himahcal Pradesh, on Tuesday.

This 750 bed hospital will be built at a cost of approximately Rs 1,350 crore.

In addition to healthcare, it will also provide medical education at the under-graduate and post-graduate level, besides nursing.

According to a tweet by the BJP, the PM said, " I thank the people who have joined us today in large numbers. I am delighted to be in this Dev Bhumi and Vir Bhumi of Himachal Pradesh."

In another tweet, it quoted the PM as saying, "Tourists come here from far off places. If they get access to #AIIMS and get treated well, they will want to come here frequently."

The Prime Minister, on Tuesday, also unveiled a plaque to mark the launch of Digital Nerve Centres for primary healthcare.

The Prime Minister laid the foundation stone for the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), at Una.

Narendra Modi also inaugurated a Steel Processing Unit of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), at Kandrori, Kangra.

Earlier in the day, he was received at the Chandigarh airport by the Governor of Punjab and Administrator of U.T. Chandigarh, V.P. Singh Badnore and the Chief Minister of Haryana, Manohar Lal Khattar, on his arrival, prior to his visit to Himachal Pradesh.

Image: BJP Himachal Pradesh/Twitter

 

 

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