Overview
- At a Labour Day event Friday, the chief minister laid foundation stones for an ESIC hospital in Knowledge Park-5, a Mukhyamantri Composite School in Jewar, and a Shramik Suvidha Kendra in Ecotech-3 while handing over the hospital’s land allotment letter.
- The hospital’s specifications remain under clarification, with officials citing a 7.2-acre site and differing bed counts of 300 or 350 along with a ₹550 crore estimate and a three-year build timeline reported by district authorities.
- ESIC hospitals serve insured workers and their families, and the Greater Noida West facility would be the district’s second after Sector-24 in Noida, expanding access to care close to major factories.
- The government directed the Labour and Employment Department to form a new wage board to secure fair pay in industries with 10 or more workers and outlined a plan for ₹5 lakh annual health insurance for industrial workers.
- Officials said 12.26 lakh construction workers already hold Ayushman cards for up to ₹5 lakh treatment, with the remaining 15.83 lakh to be covered, and they detailed hostels, affordable canteens, and worker housing sites including 5 acres near Patwari village.