Khatkar Kalan, March 24 -- Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Singh Mann laid the foundation stone of Shaheed Bhagat Singh Government Medical College in Nawashahr on Sunday. To be built at the cost of Rs.300 crore, the medical college will offer 50 MBBS seats, he said while addressing the gathering during a state-level function to mark the death anniversary of freedom fighters Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev. The college's construction will be completed within 36 months.

The medical college would be attached to the civil hospital. With the college's establishment, specialists and super-specialists would be available round-the-clock, a government statement mentioned.

"Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar is a remote district with limited access to t...