Not averse to funding, but would not run Bastar hospital, says steel ministry

The steel plant project, under National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC), was conceived in 2000. As the steel ministry initiated the process of disinvestment, massive protests erupted in tribal-dominated Bastar. The government offered jobs and promised a super speciality hospital, sports complex and schools. While the tribals, whose land was acquired, have been assured that they would retain their jobs at the steel plant, there is no clarity on the super speciality hospital, for which 21.68 acres of land has been acquired.

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