For setting up of Medical Colleges, five locations i.e. Kharagpur, Lucknow, Guwahati, Chennai and Secunderabad have been identified by Indian Railways.

Railways Medical and Nursing Colleges

For setting up of Medical Colleges, five locations i.e. Kharagpur, Lucknow, Guwahati, Chennai and Secunderabad have been identified by Indian Railways. Bids for appointment of consultant at Kharagpur were invited. However, the tender was discharged on technical grounds. Retendering for the same is under process. For other four locations in Phase-I, Zonal Railways are processing for appointment of consultants. Remaining locations i.e. Ahmedabad, Bilaspur, Barasat, Bhubaneswar, Mysore, Dibrugarh, Jodhpur, B. R. Singh Hospital, Garden Reach, Nagpur, Bhopal, Jammu & Trivandrum shall be taken up subsequently. 

For setting up of Nursing Colleges, the construction work at Majerhat in Kolkata has started. Expressions of Interests (EOIs) have been received by Zonal Railways for Nursing Colleges at Delhi, Lucknow and Jabalpur. The Ministry of Railways has decided to set up the Medical & Nursing Colleges in Public Private Partnership mode. 

This information was given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri K. H. Muniyappa in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.