Jhatikara – Wall, Gate, Board. No Hospital!
From Bamnoli, I traveled to Jhatikara village, site for another hospital in South-West Delhi. Again, as no address or location for the hospital site is available on the government website, I reached the place only with some local help.
As per information available on the Delhi Health Department website, on 30 September 2009, 6736 square metres or 8 bighas of land was allotted for the construction of a hospital here.
When I reached the hospital site, once again, all I found was a boundary wall, a gate and a broken board.
A Delhi government document dated 15 February 2011 says – “The project has been approved for construction of Health Centre cum Maternity Hospital at Jhatikara, with bed strength of 100 beds. This needs to be revised because apparently maternity hospital with 100 beds may not seem to be an appropriate proposal.” [DO WE KNOW WHO WROTE THIS, AND TO WHOM? SHD ADD]
Well, instead of revising the number of beds at the hospital, the…
