Babu Jagjiban Ram Hostels - tender formalities completed in record time

Govt of India sanctioned RS 800 lakhs for four hostels each @ Rs 200 lakhs having capacity of 100 students SC Girls/Boys. Sanction was done on 31st March 2012 and communicated to district in April 2012. Transfer of land in favour of Backward Classes Welfare, preparation of estimates, vetting and tendering completed in record three months time by District Administration. Work order of all Hostels issued and work to commence shortly. Hon'ble CM West Bengal is scheduled to lay the foundation stone on 28th July at 1 pm at Burdwan.

These hostels are meant for SC Girls/ Boys and to be maintained by concerned educational Institutions out of the fund. It is expected that the buidlings will be completed by March 2013.

Hon'ble Chief Minister West Bengal agreed to hand over cheques to parents of school kids undergone cardiac surgery under innovative NRHM scheme

Mamata Banerjee, Hon'ble Chief Minister West Bengal kindly consented to meet parents of school students beneficiaries provided surgical intervention at Govt cost for the amount upto Rs 1.20 Lakhs each case on the pattern of WBHS 2008 applicable to class B Govt employees at Enlisted hospitals. District administration Burdwan conducted health screening of 9.5 Lakhs school kids from class 1 to 8 in all Govt schools of Burdwan last year and thereafter conducted medical check up of 1.2 Lakhs with the help of professional doctors on cost basis. 3000 plus students were finally identified having critical to semi critical ailments out of which 564 were diagnosed with cardiac, kidney, liver and orthopaedic problems that necessitates surgical operations of major category. Project proposals were prepared and submitted to NRHM authorities under Innovative Projects category in the month of November 2012. On the intervention of Hon'ble CM and personal initiative of Health Secretary, Govt of India sanctioned Rs 75 Lakhs as cost of treatment for 564 students in Govt/ Private hospitals at the rates applicable to Govt employees. Actual cost of the treatment of all such students is being reimbursed to hospitals. Cardiac surgery of eight such students already commenced at best Hospitals at Durgapur and eye operations of more than 78 children at Burdwan conducted. Few parents whose children operated upon successfully shall meet Hon'ble CM on 28th July at 1 pm at Public function at Burdwan and receive cheques of grants to be paid to hospitals. We plan to complete surgical intervention of all 564 students within next three months and hope to replicate the intervention to ICDS kids also. It may be noted that all the 1.2 Lakhs children with ailments have been treated at Govt Institutions at the cost of Govt under SSM and school health programme. District administration feels that such innovations under NRHM will be immensely helpful to poor children tracked in the eagerly age.