Union Minister of Labour & Employment, Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav laid the foundation stone of 100 bedded Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) Hospital, Tripura from New Delhi in a virtual event held today.
Prof. (Dr.) Manik Saha, Chief Minister, Tripura graced the occasion as Chief Guest. Minister of State for Labour & Employment, Petroleum and Natural Gas, Rameswar Teli and Minister of State for Social Justice & Empowerment, Pratima Bhoumik were guests of honour at the event.
The proposed 100 bedded ESIC hospital to be built in Agartala will be spread over an area of 5 acres. It will be directly run by ESIC. The estimated construction cost of this hospital is around Rs 100 crore and will be completed in 3 years. The hospital will have all the modern facilities like modular OT, state-of-the-art medical equipment, labs, etc. It will have OPD and IPD services. This hospital will cater to and provide medical services to more than 60,000 beneficiaries of Agartala and nearby areas.
In his address during the event, Bhupender Yadav said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken keen interest in the development of North East states and the ESIC hospital will help further Prime Minister’s vision for the region. He said that Union Government is committed for rapid development in the North East states and stressed that it is working to create employment opportunities in the North East states and provide social security to all the workers including workers from the unorganised sector.
Yadav said that the Ministry of Labour & Employment will work with the Government of Tripura for E-Shram registration of unorganised sector workers. He further said that the 100 bedded ESIC Hospital will be built within three years.
Chief Minister of Tripura, Prof. (Dr.) Manik Saha, in his address, said that the upcoming hospital will benefit the workers and their family members in Tripura. It will also create employment opportunities for the people of Tripura, he said. He informed that the Government of Tripura has provided 5-acre land to ESIC free of cost to build this hospital.
Minister of State RameswarTeli, said that the Union Government is working for upliftment of workers and deprived sections through various schemes. He talked about various schemes and programmes being run by the Ministry of Labour & Employment.
Other dignitaries to grace the occasion were Ratan Chakraborty, Speaker, Legislative Assembly and Bhagban Ch. Das, Minister for Labour, Animal Resource Development &Welfare of Scheduled Castes, Government of Tripura, Arti Ahuja, Secretary, Ministry of Labour& Employment, Government of India, Dr. Rajendra Kumar, Director General, ESIC, Jitendra Kumar Sinha, Chief Secretary, Government of Tripura, Biswajit Shil, Chairman, Panchayat Samiti and Abhishek Singh, Secretary, Labour, Government of Tripura.