NAVI MUMBAI: Cidco has agreed to provide a plot measuring 34,800 square metres to Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) for setting up a medical college and super-speciality hospital in sector 15A, adjacent to the civic headquarters at Belapur.
Earlier this year, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had ordered Cidco to consider the proposal for grant of land to build a government hospital and medical college in Navi Mumbai.
Cidco has written to NMMC stating that it is ready ot hand over the plot to it. As per the current market rate, the plot is valued at around Rs 107 crore.
The NMMC said it has received Cidco’s letter, and necessary action has been initiated. The need for a government hospital and medical college was felt during the pandemic, when Covid patients were running from pillar to post to get affordable healthcare facilities.
Cidco sources said that the plot comes under the NMMC’s draft development plan and is reserved for a park or a museum but can be used for other purposes such as healthcare facilities in the larger public interest.
