MCL Talcher med college work obstructed

The work at the Mahanadi Institute of Medical Science and Research (MIMSR), a project of the Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) at Talcher, has been brought to a grinding halt for almost a month due to local vested interests. The delay will certainly lead to non-start of the 100-seat medical college in the session 2019-20.

The MCL, responding to the wishes of the people of Angul and its nearby districts for a medical college at Talcher, had allocated Rs 492 crore for the project and has already spent Rs 327 crore in the construction of the state-of-the-art college.

However certain local forces, for petty gains, continue to resort to forceful stoppage of work even after letters were issued by the district authorities for resumption of work. The contracting agency, NBCC, a Central Government enterprise, also requested the trouble makers to let the work be resumed since most of the labour force was without work for almost a month without any heed.

A  project of this magnitude, when completed, would benefit the people of four to five districts who are now dependent on Cuttack and Bhubaneswar institutes for medical facility.