<span style="color: #222222;">Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal today alleged that the Punjab Government is deliberately delaying the commissioning of 925 crore rupees AIIMS Bathinda project due to petty politics.&nbsp; </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Alleging that the Congress Government in the State had refused to give statutory approvals and make the site encumbrance free, Badal said, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh got jittery when the Union Health Ministry announced that it would start construction on the site in June this year and start OPD for diagnostics in February next year.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Harsimrat, who is the Bathinda MP, further said that there could be no other reason for the deliberate go-slow tactic of the Congress Government despite the fact that she had repeatedly written letters detailing approvals and civil works needed to start construction on the 177 acre AIIMS project site.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Union Health Minister J P Nadda has again written a letter to Chief Minister yesterday asking him to personally intervene to make the AIIMS project a reality.</span><br />
News On AIR | August 4, 2018 8:07 PM
Punjab Govt is deliberately delaying commissioning of Rs 925 crore AIIMS Bathinda project due to petty politics: Harsimrat Kaur Badal