Bidar, June 26 -- Despite being sanctioned over seven years ago, the Primary Health Centre (PHC) at Malegaon village in Bidar taluk continues to operate from three aging classrooms of a government primary school, lacking its own building and struggling with substandard infrastructure, social activist Gurudas Amadalapada said on Wednesday.

Established following a government order in April 2017 that relocated the Basavanagudi PHC from Bengaluru to Malegaon, the health centre serves a population of over 5,000 in the village and also caters to surrounding areas like Amadalpad, Nandgaon, Kaplapur, and Rasalabad.

"On average, over 40 patients visit the centre daily.However, it remains grossly under-equipped, with no emergency services after 4...