TATA TO PAY Rs.53 cr to compensate for hostel blocks damaged in crash
Ahmedabad, May 27 -- Tata Group has agreed to contribute Rs.53.12 crore to compensate for damage at the Atulyam 1 to 4 hostel blocks at the at the BJ Medical College complex in Gujarat, which were declared unsafe after the June 2025 plane crash, state health minister Praful Pansheriya announced on Tuesday.
The state government will also build a new Rs.105-crore hostel and canteen complex at a different location within the BJ Medical College and Civil Hospital campus, he said.
He said the crash had damaged the hostel blocks, a canteen and a sub-station at the New Mental Campus, where 92 students lived at the time. A structural audit later declared the buildings unsafe for habitation, making demolition necessary.
"To ensure that students' accommodation facilities are not disrupted and to safeguard their interests, the state government, under the guidance of chief minister Bhupendra Patel, has decided to construct a new hostel on a priority basis," added the minister.
The proposed complex will come up at the New Mental Campus-IGP Compound in Meghaninagar within the BJ Medical College and Civil Hospital campus and will accommodate 236 super-specialty doctors. "Under this project, a new Hostel Block, a modern canteen block, and a new sub-station will be developed," he said, adding that a budgetary provision of Rs. 34.65 crore has been made for 2026-27 against an estimated Rs.51.84 crore allocation.
The proposed complex will be a G+8 structure with studio apartments, a fire-fighting system, RO plant, drainage network, separate housing for unmarried students, mess, gymnasium and recreation areas....
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