India, July 31 -- Weeks after announcing that a new medical college will be set up on the Gokuldas Tejpal or GT Hospital campus in south Mumbai, the Maharashtra government has sanctioned Rs.210 crore for it, according to a government resolution (GR) issued on Wednesday.

This includes a boys and girls hostel and staff quarters, which will be built on a 7,091-square-metre plot between GT Hospital and Cama & Albless Hospital at Fort, the GR said. The plot, belonging to the state public works department, currently has a building housing class 4 government employees, which will be demolished.

The new college building, meanwhile, will be built on the GT Hospital campus, the GR said. The Maharashtra Public Service Commission is also recruiting...