Western Orissa awaits so-called promised hospitals since decades - Another Example of Criminal Negligence By Orissa govt towards Western Orissa

Three medical colleges were proposed in 2004 for western Orissa, facilitated by Western Orissa Development Council (WODC), but they are yet to see the light of day. Other subsequent proposals are still in very early stages.

The planning and coordination department sanctioned Rs 10 crore each for medical colleges in Rourkela, Jaring (Kalahandi district) and Balangir and the state government had provided 25-acre land each to these proposed colleges.

Officials said the proposed medical college at Balangir has faced a dead-end. After WODC advertised seeking private partnership for the proposed colleges, there were two responses. But both the parties failed to qualify in the technical expertise criteria.

Before this, three private parties, selected for Balangir college, quit at various stages. First, GSL Trust of Andhra Pradesh was selected for medical colleges at Balangir and Rourkela and a MoU was signed on January 31, 2004. But the MoU was cancelled since the trust did not commence work. The government signed another MoU with Sri Balaji Educational and Charitable Public Trust on October 6, 2006 for Balangir. After its delay in the start of work, the MoU was cancelled and RVS Educational Trust was selected as a private sponsor. The trust expressed its inability on February 17, 2010 to execute the project.

Work for the medical college at Jaring in Kalahandi, being undertaken by Selvam Educational and Charitable Trust, Tamil Nadu, is under way, after a MoU was signed on January 30, 2004. A 500-bed hospital was supposed to function by January 30, 2008, (five years from the date of MoU). But as of now the hospital is ready in part. While a building for the 300-bed hospital, three operation theatres and a seven-bed ICU is ready, the hostel buildings are yet to be ready.

"The outcome of the inspection by the Medical Council of India in May 2008 was not satisfactory. The trust filed a fresh application before the MCI on November 30, 2010, and the team visited the site once again in April-May," a senior health department official said. Construction of the Rourkela college is being undertaken by Vigyan Bharati Charitable Trust after the government signed a MoU on July 4, 2008. Construction work is on. WODC officials are, however, optimistic. "Barring the Balangir college, the other two projects at Rourkela and Jaring are doing reasonably well. They should be commissioned as early as 2012," said WODC chief executive officer Aswini Mishra.

While neglecting the cause of Western Orissa...Orissa govt went ahead and gave full funding for setting up an ESI medical college in Bhubaneswar which was initially proposed at Balangir then was moved to Rourkela due to our ineficient local leaders.

Time has come for people of Western Orissa to stand united and starts a bloody revolution for our basic rights from the currupt Orissa administration who are more than busy blaming center for everything.

Eunuch Politicians and local Leaders are good for nothing...How many more years they will be fooling us like this ???

Note:- Some of the Contents were taken from Times Of India

XIMB Campus in Balangir Soon - Reports

India's one of the top B-School, Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar (XIMB) soon will be opening its’ new Campus at Balangir.

If reports from local media are to be believed then Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has already green signalled to the expansion of XIMB to Balangir.

This will be the first top Management Insitution in Western Odisha (KOSAL).

Thanks to the efforts of A U Singh Deo, Minister Planning & Coordination, XIMB II will provide Post Graduate Diploma in Management(Rural Management)(PGDM-RM).

XIMB Director Fr.P T Joseph has taken all the initiatives to expand the institution in Western Odisha (KOSAL).

Mr.Singh Deo and Fr.Joseph held several rounds of discussion to make it happen during the month, said sources.

Then Mr.Singh Deo brought it to the notice of Chief Minister and Mr.Patnaik agreed immediately for the proposal.


Accordingly a High Powered Committee headed by S P Nanda, Development Commissioner was formed to scrutinize the proposal.

Jugal Kishore Mohapatra, Principal Secretary Finance strongly felt that under the new economic reforms regime there is a crying need to bridge the corporate sector and rural society.

And setting up of a MBA teaching institution at Balangir will go a long way in this regard, felt he.

HPC has decided to provide 25 acres land free of cost and XIMB has agreed to set its Rural Campus at Balangir.

XIMB has made an innovative departure by emphasizing the need to expand the use of management science to rural sector in the form of creating managers not only for corporate sector but also for the social sector.

The basic objective of introducing two years Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Rural Management) (PGDM-RM) course is to inject professionalism in the field of rural economy.

XIMB, which is running PGDM-RM courses here with 60 seats has decided to open 120 seats at Balangir Campus.

Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo, MP Balangir has discussed the issue at length with Fr.Joseph.

In the meantime the Director XIMB has already visited Balangir to identify the land, which needs to be transferred to XIMB, said sources.

Let's hope XIMB will not turn into another Balangir Medical College kind of False promise ..... Thank god after seven decades of independece Balangir got atleast one good news..

Finally Balangir Medical College will become reality !!

The state government has given a green signal to this RVS Educational Trust to set up the proposed Medical College and Hospital in Balangir district.

Coimbatore-based RVS Group of Institutions, led by Dr KV Kuppusamy, is managing 87 Educational Institutions through out the Country. 

The high-level committee, headed by Development Commissioner Satya Prakash Nanda, has favoured the RVS Group's proposal out of a total of six which came in response to the WODC's offer.

Approving the recommendations of a high-level committee, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has asked the Western Odisha Development Council (WODC) to go ahead with a MoU for the purpose.

Planning and coordination Minister Anananga Udaya Singhdeo also discussed with the WODC officials in this regard and the MoU would be signed some time Next week . 

The WODC had invited expression of interest for the Medical College and Hospital in Balangir district last year in view of Shree Balaji Education and Charitable Trust backing out of the project.

The RVS Group will invest at least Rs 100 crore, while the WODC would provide a Rs 10-crore grant and 25 acres of land in Balangir. The Medical College will have an intake capacity of 100 with a 300-bed Hospital at its initial stage. 

Subsequently it would be enhanced to a 500-bed Hospital and gradually to a 1,000-bedded super specialty Hospital . 

Source :- Orissadiary.com