Foundation Laying of New Building for Disease Control Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandavya laid the foundation stone for the new building of the National Center for Disease Control (NCDC) in the state in a virtual ceremony from New Delhi this morning. Education Minister Ratan lal Nath and MLA Krishnadhan Das were present in this virtual event at the Secretariat. The Union Health Minister also laid the foundation stone of NCDC’s new building in Tripura along with six other states of the country.
It should be noted that this center of NCDC will be built on 1.41 acres of land in Sipaipara, Mohanpur. 11 crore 97 lakh rupees will be spent for this. CPWD is responsible for the construction of the new building. The new NCDC center will provide facilities for diagnosis, monitoring, research, public health awareness, emergency health services. Various opportunities will be available in providing health services including monitoring of 33 communicable diseases. Apart from the representative of CPWD at the virtual foundation ceremony, State Director of Family Welfare and Immunity Rights Dr.
Radha Debvarma was present. Apart from Tripura, the North-Eastern region of Arunachal Pradesh is also of NCDC
The foundation stone of the center was laid.