Delhi LG visits Radha Soami Chhattarpur; assesses construction of 10,000 bed facility

Shortly after meeting between Centre and Delhi Government concluded on Sunday, Delhi Lt Goverr Anil Baijal visited Radha Soami Satsang Beas located in Chhattarpur area where administration plans to set up a 10,000-bed facility for COVID patients. Baijal stated that authorities would begin construction of makeshift COVID facility shortly after a feasibility study is done by district magistrate. 

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"I have been told that is available here and as we would need medical infrastructure so I have come to inspect this place. We will take it forward from here," Baijal said. "We will look at challenges. I have come to look at feasibility and when we decide we will let you kw. COVID-19 is rising in Delhi and need to look at infrastructure. It's a good but will need to look at how to get medical infrastructure here," he added.

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One of largest COVID facilities

COVID facility in Chhattarpur that is touted to be one of biggest facilities and is said to be set up in a 1755 sqft x 703 sqft area equipped with toilet blocks on both sides of shed and oxygenated beds as well. facility is said to be built over  300-acre sprawling campus of Radha Saomi Satsang Beas in Chhattarpur's Bhati mines. 

Accompanying LG on his inspection BM Mishra, District Magistrate South said that re was already a shed built in area and authorities just needed to make into an enclosure by constructing partitions. "We are trying to create a 10,000-bed makeshift hospital where few of units will be oxygenated beds. We are trying to make 200 enclosures each having 50 to 100 beds and will make available medical facilities. An air-cooling mechanism will also be re," said Mishra.

Earlier in day, Union Home Minister Amit Shah had anunced that in view of short of beds for Corona infected patients in Delhi, Modi government has decided to immediately give 500 railway coaches to Delhi. "se railway coaches will t only increase 8000 beds in Delhi but this coach will be equipped with all facilities to fight corona infection," Amit Shah tweeted after meeting.

It is projected that by end of July, Delhi will witness 5 lakh cases of Coronavirus and will require over 80,000 beds to successfully tackle pandemic in city. 

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(with inputs from ANI)