Indian govt to set up regional National Institute of Virology in Jammu and Kashmir
Srinagar: The Indian government plans to open the regional National Institute of Virology in Jammu & Kashmir, media reports said.
As part of strengthening pandemic research, the regional National Institute of Virology (NIV) for north zone was to be established in Chandigarh, but would be set-up in Jammu due to land dispute there, reports Kashmir Observer.
“This project is to be shifted to Jammu, due to land dispute at Chandigarh,” reads the report of the department-related parliamentary standing committee on Health & Family Welfare as quoted by the news portal.
The report was published in the Parliament on Mar 15.
“Jammu UT authority has identified one area, which was declared unsuitable by a committee. Now Jammu UT has proposed three more sites. ICMR experts team is scheduled to visit Jammu shortly,” the report states.
IBNS
Senior Staff Reporter at Northeast Herald, covering news from Tripura and Northeast India.
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