Saharsa residents stage Satyagrah for establishment of AIIMS

B N Singh Pappan

Saharsa : The residents of Saharsa district on May 30, 2017, staged Satyagrah infront of collectorate gate to protest the administrative delay in proving land for the establishment of an AIIMS in Saharsa district in Kosi division of Bihar. The protest was organised under the banner of Maharshi Menhi Yogashram led by its convenor saint Devvrat. The locals also submitted a memorandum to Saharsa DM urging to provide land for AIIMS within seven days.

Addressing the protestors at collectorate gate, Saint Devvrat said that Nanrendra Modi government had sanctioned an AIIMS in Saharsa district in Kosi division and the Deputy Secretary, health department, Bihar government, had in a letter addressed to Saharsa DM in February 2016, requested him to do the needful in this connection. Deputy Collector Land Reforms (DCLR), Saharsa, had on April 12, 2016, directed Circle Officer (CO), Kahra,  to identify a 200 acre land for AIIMS and send a proposal to this effect immediately, claimed Devvrat.

Sources said the land was identified too but thereafter the administration has become silent on the matter. Madhepura MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav recently alleged the state government was planning to shift AIIMS to some other place but he would never allow it.