SRINAGAR: Government today said it has decided to set up the proposed All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at Awantipora in Pulwama district of South Kashmir.
Minister for Health and Medical Education Chaudhary Lal Singh said the location has been decided and the project needs a final go ahead from the Union ministry.
Singh made the announcement while inspecting the picturesque site, measuring around 200 hectares at Awantipora along the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, an official spokesman said.
Singh said the Government has completed all the formalities in both the regions — Kashmir and Jammu — as far as the setting up of AIIMS was concerned.
“The Union ministry of Health and Family Welfare had asked the State Government to identify suitable sites for setting up of AIIMS in Jammu and Srinagar regions,” he said.
He also said that Union Health Minister J P Nadda is likely to visit the sites in the State. (AGENCIES)
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