The Congress leader said it provides a convenient gateway for people from northeastern states to get medical benefits, and shifting its headquarters from Kolkata will impact the healthcare facilities offered by the institute.
West Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Saturday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to shift the headquarters of the National Institute of Locomotor Disability from the city to Odisha’s Nistar, as it has “situational benefits”.
Mr Choudhary cited reports that the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment had decided to shift the medical facility’s headquarters from Bonhugli on the northern outskirts of Kolkata to Nistar in Odisha.
“Thousands of physically challenged and other moderately severe orthopedic patients from all over eastern India benefit from this institute, precisely because of its situational advantage, as Bengal is located at the center of eastern India, providing easy access to the adjoining states. The party’s leader in the Congress Parliamentary Lok Sabha said in a letter to Mr. Modi.
He said it also provides a convenient gateway for people from northeastern states to receive medical benefits, and shifting its headquarters from Kolkata will impact the health facilities offered by the institute.
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