MCL, NBCC ink pact for Talcher medical college

Bhubaneswar: Mahanadi Coalfields (MCL), a Central PSU, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC) today to establish a medical college at Talcher in Angul district.

The proposed medical college will have an intake capacity of 100 students and spread across 28 acre of land. MCL will spend Rs 492.62 crore to set up the college, sources said.

The MoU was signed by general manager (CSR) B.B. Mishra for MCL and V.K. Goel, general manager (Civil), NBCC, in the presence of MCL's CMD A.N. Sahay.

The medical college to be set up on 20 acres of land in Talcher coalfields area will have academic and residential blocks with 300-bedded boys' hostel, 200-bedded girls' hostel, interns' and nurses' hostel.

The existing 115-bedded Nehru Shatabadi Central Hospital of MCL in Talcher will be upgraded to 500 beds for the upcoming Medical College.