Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board has achieved another milestone in its journey along the path of development of pilgrim town of Katra and in expansion of service to society most befittingly. In a recent formal announcement, the 230-bedded hospital of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB) is going to be commissioned by the end of this year with super specialists from inside and outside the State set to provide Medicare to the people not only from Jammu and Kashmir but other parts of the country as well. Faculties will be selected on all India level selection system which means that the proposed hospital will have the best services available. Actually, in the beginning, the proposal was of opening a cancer hospital but later on it was changed and s super specialist hospital was contemplated. The Board does not stop there but plans to incept a Medical College and also a College for Nursing once the contemplated hospital is established and begins to function normally. Permission for establishing these colleges will be sought from proper authorities in due course of time and it is hoped that there will be no hitch to obtaining permission because the Board intends to complete all requisite formalities in this connection.
This is a very laudable mission undertaken by the Shrine Board. For quite some time, the Board has been holding consultations with Narayana Hrudayalaya, Bangalore, which would run the hospital in joint venture with the Shrine Board. They will have management control and bear the running expenditure. Hopefully the hospital will provide high quality treat
Jammu civil society has been noting with great satisfaction that Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board has immensely contributed to social development in almost all spheres and has become a model institute for the rest of the country. In the first place is the development of infrastructure of the Shrine to which lakhs of people come for pilgrimage. Maximum facilities of travel, stay, uphill hike, transport and board and lodging have been provided. Now under contemplation is the project of ropeway between Bhawan and Bhairon Ghati, and in all probability, a Swiss company will cooperate with a local firm in the construction of the ropeway? Additionally, the Shrine Board is likely to commission alternate track from Katra to Adh Kunwari by the end of this year. All these developmental works are making pilgrimage to the holy shrine more attractive for the people in the country. Incidentally, the Railway Minister has announced that at least 12 more trains will be extended from Jammu to Katra enabling pilgrims from all parts of the country an easy access to the last railway station to the Shrine. Thus the once obscure and nondescript hamlet of Katra has emerged as one of the country’s most visited town as the starting point for hike to the holy shrine.
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