North Eastern Council to Fund Rs. 122 Crores for BBCI Development: Handique
- Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) -
New Delhi, 04th July, 2011
Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region
New Delhi
“It is my pleasure to inform you that the Board of Directors of Dr.B.Borooah Cancer Institute in its meeting held at New Delhi on 24th February this year, approved a 5 year plan at a total cost of Rs. 197.00 crores involving NEC, DAE and the Government of Assam.
The major share of fund amounting to Rs.122.00 crores will be provided by the North Eastern Council”, said Shri.Bijoy Krishna Handique, Minister of DoNER, today while inaugurating the Guest House Cum Hostel Facility at the Dr.B Borooah Cancer Institute (BBCI), Guwahati.
Shri.Handique who is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of BBCI also informed the gathering that under the Capacity Development Scheme of the Ministry of DONER, Govt. of India, BBCI has undertaken several training programmes for doctors, nurses and paramedical staff in various North Eastern States.
The Institute is also engaged in community based awareness programme for control of cancer in the North Eastern States. He also mentioned that an auditorium with 300 sitting capacity will be ready for inauguration in the current financial year and a Comprehensive Water Supply Scheme would be ready within 3 months.
Shri. Handique reiterated the commitment of the Ministry of DoNER towards the overall development of BBCI.
* This Press Release was sent by Geetartha Darshan Barua - APS (Media Management) to Hon'ble Minister of Development of North Eastern Region, Government of India, New Delhi.
The sender can be contacted at geetartha(at)rediffmail(dot)com
This PR was webcasted on July 04 2011 .
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