JAMMU: The Northern Railway Polyclinic will rotate between Udhampur and Katra every week to provide medical services to both the places, Union minister Jitendra Singh said here today.
A delegation of Northern Railway Mazdoor Union unit from Udhampur, led by its chief Rajesh Kumar Sharma, met the MoS in PMO and sought his intervention over the shifting of the polyclinic, which had been for many years functioning in Udhampur, to Katra from March this year, an official release said.
Asserting that he is aware of the issue and had received a number of representations from the locals as well as from Udhampur MLA Pawan Gupta, Singh said he had taken up the matter with Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu.
Following this, the Director General (Health) in ministry has been given appropriate instructions and most likely, orders will be issued next week to make rotational arrangement for the clinic to function in turns at Udhampur and Katra, he said. (AGENCIES)
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