Gandhinagar/Ahmedabad, June 12 (IANS) Gujarat Health Minister Praful Pansheriya on Friday said the state government will develop two major institutions, an “education temple” and a “health temple”, at the site of the plane crash that killed 260 people last year and caused extensive damage to nearby medical infrastructure in Ahmedabad.

Gujarat Health Minister Praful Pansheriya on Friday said the state government will develop two major institutions, an “education temple” and a “health temple”, at the site of the plane crash that killed 260 people last year and caused extensive damage to nearby medical infrastructure in Ahmedabad.

Speaking on the decision and first anniversary, the minister said he paid tribute to the victims of the tragedy and expressed condolences to their families, adding that "the entire site where the aircraft crashed belongs to the state Health Department and the government".

He said the proposal had been finalised after discussions with Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi.

“First of all, I pay heartfelt tribute to all the departed souls and offer my condolences to their family members. The entire site where the plane crash took place belongs to the government. After detailed discussions, we have decided today to construct two temples at that site,” Pansheriya said.

He said one of the planned facilities would be a Health Temple, which would include a spine hospital along with hostel accommodation for students and doctors.The second would be an Education Temple, designed to support medical education infrastructure.

He added that facilities for super-specialist medical students, including residential accommodation, mess facilities and related infrastructure, would also be developed as part of the project.

“Within the Health Temple, there will be a spine hospital and a hostel for students. Another hostel, hospital facilities for future super-specialist doctors, students' accommodation, and mess facilities have also been planned there,” he said.

Source:Ndtv