40-seat ANM hostel to come up in Arunachal

A 40-seat Auxiliary Nursing & Midwifery (ANM) hostel would come up at Aalo, the headquarters of West Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh, official sources said here Friday.

Initiated by Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju, an MP from the state, the hostel would be set up as a corporate social responsibility project of the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), the sources said.

In this connection, an MoU was signed between West Siang Deputy Commissioner Swetika Sachan, who is also the chairman of the district health society, and IOC Deputy General Manager (HR-CSR) Digonta Thakuria at Aalo on Thursday.