CHITWAN, JANUARY 20

Minister of Education, Science, and Technology Devendra Paudel said a hospital would be constructed for teachers in Bharatpur Metropolitan City and work would be immediately forwarded in that connection.

Talking to RSS today, he said construction work of the Teachers Hospital in Chitwan would be started this fiscal by initiating necessary legal process.

'We will soon take a proposal in this regard to the meeting of the Council of Ministers,' he said. 'Although it might take some time due to the legal hurdles, work on construction of the hospital would not be halted for any other reason,' he added.

The Pre-feasibility Study and Land Identification Committee submitted its report to Minister Paudel yesterday stating that it would be appropriate to construct the hospital in Bharatpur.

The hospital will comprise 300 beds initially and its capacity will be gradually expanded.

A visitors' accommodation will be set up in the premises of the hospital.

Bharatpur metropolis Mayor Renu Dahal said the land for the hospital would be provided at Bhagawanpur, Ward 15 of the metropolis.

The metropolis has prepared official documents to provide eight bigha and 16 kattha land at Bhagawanpur for construction of the hospital.

It has submitted these documents to the committee.

The metropolis, along with responsible government officials including the Chief District Officer, has agreed to provide the land for construction of the hospital.

A version of this article appears in the print on January 21, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.