Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) has urged the State government to immediately allot 10.25 acres adjoining the already sanctioned 8.5 acres for construction of ESI hospital at Sheilanagar.

BMS national vice-president Malla Jagadiswara Rao told The Hindu on Wednesday that the ESI Corporation had already cleared the proposal for building a 500-bed hospital-medical college in the city.

“The work on the project could not start as the State government has not handed over adjoining land of 10.25 acres to facilitate construction of a super-speciality hospital,” he said.

He said a 100-bed ESI hospital was now functioning at a rented building at Arilova and another had been taken on hire for operating as a dispensary at Parawada.

Mr. Rao said the Union government was keen to start construction of the ESI hospital in the city to make it a model health care facility in the State for the workers. The work would start once the adjoining land was handed over to ESI Corporation.