Funds for medical facilities, parking
According to the announcement made in the budget, the city will be getting a National Law University.
PRAYAGRAJ: The UP budget for 2021-22 announced by the state finance minister Suresh Khanna on Monday has provided funds for various new and ongoing projects of Prayagraj region including Prayagraj as well as its neighbouring districts of Pratapgrah and Kaushambi.
As per the proposals mentioned in the state budget, the Motilal Nehru Medical College (MLNMC)-Prayagraj would be getting funds for establishing a diabetic retinopathy treatment centre which would immensely help patients suffering from ailments of eye caused by diabetes.
“Prayagraj serves the patients not only of the district but also from the neighbouring districts and thus the funds for setting up the retinopathy treatment center here at Prayagraj would be of immense help”, said director of MD Eye Hospital and principal MLN Medical College, Dr SP Singh.
The budget also proposes to allocate funds to start teaching in new medical colleges under construction in various districts of the state including Pratapgarh, Fatehpur, Mirzapur etc from July 2021. For this, a budget of Rs 9,60 crore has been proposed which is a welcome step,” said GC Tripathi, professor of economics at Allahabad University and former VC of Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi.
The budget also proposes funds for the development work, being carried out in 10 cities under Smart City project including Prayagraj for which a provision of Rs 2,000 crore has been made, he added.
As per the announcement made in the budget, the city will be getting a National Law University.
Besides, funds for multilevel parking at the Allahabad High Court and chambers for lawyers have also been proposed under engineering procurement and construction mode (EPC), he said.
“The budget has proposed Rs 5 crore for setting up a corpus for providing financial assistance to young lawyers and this is a welcome initiative”, said young lawyer of the city, Abhishek Shukla.
The neighbouring district of Kaushambi would also be benefitting as a provision of Rs 1,950 crore has been proposed for under construction new medical colleges in 13 districts including Kaushambi.
The budget would also speed up the Ganga Expressway work, which would pass through the district. A provision of Rs 7200 crore has been made for land acquisition and that of Rs 489 crore for construction work of the expressway. Likewise, Prayagraj division would also be getting a Sainik School as one has been proposed for all 18 divisions of the state.