YAVATMAL: Fourteen of the 35 ventilators supplied to the district by central government are defective and lying unused at the local Government Medical College and Hospital, alleged minister for technical and higher education Uday Samant here on Friday.
The minister also handed over a consignment of 8 ventilators, supplied by state environment minister and Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray, to district collector Amol Yedge.
On Narayan Rane, a former Sena leader, being made a minister in the Union Cabinet, Samant said it will have no impact on the party. “In fact, Sena will be strengthened further,” he said, addressing a press conference.
The minister also said that though the academic session would start from September 15, reopening of the colleges would be finalised after due deliberations.
Samant also said he is aware of the problems being faced by the local government engineering college and vacancies of lecturers and other staff would be filled.
Sitting legislator and former forest minister Sanjay Rathod, MLC Kiran Sirnaik, ZP president K Pawar, MC chief Kanchan Chaudhari, SP Dilip Patil Bhujbal, GMC dean Dr Milind Kamble, civil surgeon Dr Tarangtushar Warey, collector Amol Yedge, resident district collector Lalitkumar Warhade and others were present on the occasion.
