Chandigarh: Haryana Energy, Transport and Labour Minister Anil Vij met Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and discussed the issue of acquiring adjoining military land for the expansion of the Ambala Cantonment Civil Hospital. The Defence Minister, he said, gave a positive assurance in this regard.
Speaking to media persons today, Energy Minister Anil Vij said that during his meeting with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, he raised the need for acquiring the adjoining military land for the expansion of Ambala Cantonment Civil Hospital.
He said that when Ambala Cantonment was established, its population was around 30,000–40,000, and the hospital premises were planned accordingly. However, the population has now grown to around three to four lakh, due to which the existing hospital space has become inadequate.
He said he met Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in this regard yesterday and received a positive assurance. He added that the matter had been taken up earlier as well. The Defence Minister assured him that officials would be directed to take up the correspondence with all the required documents and in accordance with the prescribed conditions for acquiring military land.
