Assam: Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal lays foundation for multiple Ayush Initiatives worth Rs 100 cr
Sarbananda Sonowal laid the foundation stone for the second Ayurvedic College of Assam. Sonowal also laid foundation stones for construction of two 50 bedded Ayush hospitals at Mowamarirjhar in Kokrajhar and at Silbari in Baksa, virtually from here.
The new college will be developed with an estimated cost of Rs 70 crores. The Ministry of Ayush approved the proposal for establishment of Ayurvedic College at Dudhnoi in Goalpara in 2022-23.
It is to be noted that the first Ayurvedic College was established way back in 1948 in Guwahati by Bharat Ratna Lok Priya Gopinath Bordoloi. The 50 bedded Integrated Ayush hospitals will be developed with an investment of Rs 30 crores. The college will have one G+3 College building, one boy’s hostel, one girls hostel, staff quarter, principal’s quarter, among other equipment, furniture, books etc. The college, which will be adjacent to the Integrated Ayush Hospitals, inaugurated by Sarbananda Sonowal in July, 2023, will be developed in 93 bighas of land. The state PWD will be executing agency and will be completed within 30 months.
Speaking on the occasion, Sonowal said, “Under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji, Assam is reaping benefits of the many welfare initiatives transforming the lives of the people and enriching their quality of daily lives. Our traditional form of medicine remained neglected under the Congress governments, leading to its obscurity, until Narendra Modi ji took charge. Modi ji revamped the traditional form of medicine, with its rich
