No end in sight for Bihar’s AIIMS row

PM Modi's claim of a new AIIMS in Darbhanga sparked controversy as the state government and Union health minister traded blame over the delay in construction

On August 13, virtually addressing the Panchayati Raj Parishad in West Bengal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke of his government’s achievements in the health care space over the past nine years. In that period, he said, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Odisha have collectively seen the creation of 31 new medical colleges, while the North East had seen a doubling in the number of such institutions. “For better health facilities, from Guwahati in Assam to Kalyani in West Bengal, from

Land earmarked for the construction of AIIMS Darbhanga has been caught in an eight-year battle between the state and Centre. (HT Photo)