Prime MinisterNarendra Modiwill lay the foundation stone of thePGIsatellite centre inFerozepuron January 5. The 100-bed centre, which shall have OPDs and other multispeciality Services, will come up on 25 acre land. This will be the first satellite centre of the PGI whose foundation stone is being laid by the PM.
This will be the PMs first visit toPunjabahead of the Punjab and after the repeal of farm laws.
Sources said the Rs 450-crore project was announced by the UPA government in 2014. Bazidpur village gram panchayat in Feroze-pur had filed a petition in the Punjab and Haryana High Court, challenging the transfer of village land for the satellite project. The plea was dismissed by the court in May this year.