Complete primary assessment of crop loss:AP CM tells officials

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu today directed officials to complete the primary assessment of the crop loss caused by heavy rains in three districts of the state.
Naidu has asked the district collectors and agricultural officers to immediately complete the process of enumeration of crop loss through a video conference, an official release stated today.
The CM also directed the officials to expedite the supply of essential commodities to the victims in affected areas in Nellore, Chittoor and Kadapa, which he is going to visit tomorrow.
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Union Health Ministry said that the proposed AIIMS at Guntur whose foundation stone laid today shall be an institution with a capacity of 960 beds.

It will also have a medical college with an annual intake of 100 students and 500-bed teaching hospital, a nursing college with an intake of 100 students, a 300-bed super specialty block, and other support departments of 160 beds in ICUs and trauma care apart from an AYUSH facility, an official statement said.

The Institution will also house an Auditorium, night shelter, guest house, animal house besides hostels (aggregating 1400 occupancy) and residences (aggregating 171 dwelling units).
The AIIMS at Guntur would come up at a cost of Rs 1,618 crore in a period of about 60 months, the official statement said.

The establishment of the new AIIMS in Guntur will cater to 13 districts in the region with population of approximately five crore.
The AIIMS involves creation of state-of-the-art infrastructure for improving patient care services through the creation of tertiary healthcare facilities, undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in medical and related physical biological sciences, nursing and dental education amongst others.
Apart from the one at Mangalagiri in Guntur district, two more AIIMS will come in Kalyani, West Bengal and in Nagpur, Maharashtra, all three at a cost of Rs 4,949 crore.
These institutes would come up under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) in the next five years, the statement said.