PM Narendra Modi to virtually lay foundation stone for AIIMS Rajkot on Dec 31

Prime minister Narendra Modi will virtually lay the foundation stone of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rajkot, on December 31, an official release from the Gujarat government said on Friday.

The announcement comes days after the maiden academic session of the newly-set up institute began from a temporary campus of the premier institute on December 21.

An official release from the state information department said that the Prime Minister would



lay the foundation stone of the AIIMS campus near Para Pipaliya village, through video-conferencing from Delhi, while Chief Minister Vijay Rupani would remain present at the site in Rajkot.

Rajkot district collector Remya Mohan and other top officers of the district administration visited the site on Friday and held a meeting to make preparations for the ceremony on December 31. Shramdeep Sinha, deputy director (administration) of AIIMS, Rajkot, was also present.