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| Deputy CM lays foundation stone of Jammu Yatri Bhawan | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, July 26: Amidst chanting of Vedic hymns and other religious ceremonies, Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand and Agricultural Minister Ghulam Hassan Mir jointly laid the foundation stone of the headquarters of Jammu Yatri Bhawan at B. C. Road Jammu on Monday. Vishav Murti Shastri, Principal Deemed Sanskrit University, Jammu recited the Vedic hymns and conducted religious discourse on the occasion.
Former Union Minister and Governor, Dr. Karan Singh (M.P) who was to lay the foundation stone according to announced schedule could not come to Jammu because of his pressing engagements. However, a letter addressed by him to President Jammu Yatri Bhawan Trust Pawan Shastri regretting his ability to keep up the date was read out by Dr. Singh's emissary sent specially from Delhi.
Elaborating details of the project Pawan Shastri stated that some years ago one kanal and two marlas of JDA land at B.C .road was allotted to the Trust by Ghulam Hassan Mir who was the Minister in charge Housing and Urban Development, and the cost of the land was paid by a donor.
The project envisages construction of four storey building at he site, with an estimated cost of Rs. four crores. Of this, two crores have already been raised through donations by the philanthropists and the balance money will also be raised eventually through more donations. While one storey of the proposed building will house head office of Jammu Yatri Bhawan, a spacious conference hall will be provided in another storey. Arrangement for free medical consultation and check up camps will be run by prominent doctors of the country originally belonging to Jammu. One storey of the building will house polio patients' treatment centre.
In this connection a colorful function was organized in the evening at Abhinav Theater Jammu, where some distinguished personalities were felicitated. DY. CM Tara Chand and Agriculture Minister, Ghulam Hassan Mir, jointly felicitated and honoured Dr. Ashok Vaid, a world renowned cancer specialist originally belonging to Jammu and presently Chairman of Iconology and Hematology, Medanta Cancer Institute (The Medicity) Gurgaon. Dr. Vaid has been providing free check ups and consultation to cancer patients in the monthly camps organized by Jammu Yatri Bhawan at the residence of Pawan Shastri, the President of the Trust. Dr. Vaid announced that besides his monthly visits to Jammu for free check up and consultations to cancer patients in the state, he had motivated some other medical specialists to hold free check up and consultation camps at Jammu. The world renowned heart specialist and founder Chairman of Medanta Medicity hospital and medical institutes, Dr. Naresh Trehan has also assured him to be visiting Jammu after every two months to give free consultation and check up to heart patients. Some other heart specialists from the Medanta Medicity institute will be visiting Jammu every month to offer free consultation to heart patients. Eventually a full fledged free consultation and check up centre will come up in the new building of Jammu Yatri Bhawan. The centre will be equipped with latest and sophisticated laboratory equipment for proper diagnosis of patients suffering from various ailments. Dr. Vaid also disclosed that Dr. Naresh Trehan has agreed to give 40% concession to all the patients from Jammu and Kashmir referred and recommended by Jammu Yatri Bhawan Trust and management for treatment in the Medanta Medicity Institutes and hospitals in Gurgaon.
Earlier, Yash Bhasin -- media advisor Jammu Yatri Bhawan, welcomed the dignitaries and guests at the function. Gurudas Sharma, Advisor to the President Jammu Yatri Bhawan conducted the proceedings of the functions held in the morning and the evening at Abhinav Theater.
He disclosed that, Jammu Yatri Bhawan at Haridwar has 150 rooms, with latest and modern facilities for the pilgrims from Jammu visiting Haridwar for performing religious ceremonies. These pilgrims are provided free meals at Haridwar.
In their addresses, the DY Chief Minister Tara Chand and Agriculture Minister Ghulam Hassan Mir lauded the role of Jammu Yatri Bhawan and contributions of its President Pawan Shastri in various humanitarian and social activities. They assured of their fullest cooperation and assistance in the welfare activities of the Trust and in the project of construction of its headquarters at Jammu. |
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