PM to launch Swachh Shakti-2019 programme in Kurukshetra

CHANDIGARH, FEB 11 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the Swachh Shakti-2019 programme from Kurukshetra on February 12, 2019. On this occasion, Union Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Uma Bharti, Haryana Governor, Mr. Satyadeo Narain Arya, and Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal will preside over the function.

The Prime Minister will launch the Swachh Shakti-2019 programme from the Mela Ground of Brahma Sarovar, Kurukshetra. On this occasion, he will also inaugurate the National Cancer Institute at Jhajjar and the ESIC Medical College and Hospital, Faridabad. The Prime Minister will also lay foundation stones of National Institute of Ayurveda, Panchkula, Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya University of Health Sciences, Karnal, Shri Krishna AYUSH University, Kurukshetra and Battles of Panipat Museum, Panipat.

There will be gracious presence of various dignitaries at project sites through video link. Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Mr. Jagat Prakash Nadda, Haryana Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister, Mr. O.P. Dhankar and MP from Rohtak, Mr. Deepender Singh Hooda will be present at the National Cancer Institute, Jhajjar. Similarly, the Union Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Mr. Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, Mr. Krishna Pal Gurjar, Haryana Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Mr. Nayab Singh and MLA of Badkhal, Mrs. Seema Trikha will be present at the ESIC Medical College and Hospital, Faridabad.

Union Minister of State for AYUSH, Mr. Shripad Yesso Naik, Haryana Health, Medical Education and Research and AYUSH Minister, Mr. Anil Vij and MP from Ambala, Mr. Rattan Lal Kataria will be present on the foundation laying ceremony of National Institute of Ayurveda, Panchkula. Similarly, Haryana Health, Medical Education and Research and AYUSH Minister, Mr. Anil Vij, MP from Karnal, Mr. Ashwini Chopra and MLA, Gharaunda, Mr. Harvinder Kalyan will be present at Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya University of Health Sciences, Karnal and Haryana Health, Medical Education and Research and AYUSH Minister, Mr. Anil Vij and MLA, Thanesar, Mr. Subhash Sudha will be present at Shri Krishna AYUSH University, Kurukshetra. Haryana Education Minister, Mr. Ram Bilas Sharma, MP from Karnal, Mr. Ashwini Chopra, MLA, Panipat (Rural), Mr. Mahipal Dhanda and MLA Panipat (Urban), Ms. Rohita Rewri will be present at Battles of Panipat Museum, Panipat.

Meanwhile, Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij said that the Prime Minister, Mr Narendra Modi would lay the foundation stone of three major projects of Health and Ayush Department and inaugurate National Cancer Institute (NCI) at Badhsa village in Jhajjar.

           Mr Vij said that Shri Krishna Ayush University, Kurukshetra, which is first of its kind in the world. It would provide the facility of education and treatment through Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathic medical systems. It would be constructed on about 94.5 acres at an estimated cost of about Rs 475 crore. Similarly, he would also lay the foundation stone of  Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya University of Health, Karnal and National Institute of Ayurveda, Panchkula.

           He said that the National Cancer Institute, which has been constructed in Badhsa at the cost of about Rs 2,035 crore, has 710 beds. The Institute would provide treatment of all stages of cancer. Apart from doctors rooms, about 800 rooms have been constructed for the attendants of patients in the institute. Besides this, a Center of Excellence is being set up as University in Kutail of Karnal District, which would have super speciality hospital with a trauma centre and would provide graduate and post-doctoral courses for students. This university would be developed on over 144 acres at an estimated cost of about Rs 750 crore.

      He said that the National Institute of Ayurveda would be set up in Panchkula to provide unprecedented medical facilities in the field of Ayurveda. It would be constructed on 19.87 acres with the support of the Centre Government. About Rs 270.50 crore would be spent on its construction. Its Inpatient Department IPD would have 250 beds and would provide education facility to about 500 students in graduation, post graduation and PhD courses.

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