Jharkhand

• 08 Aug 2023

Medical College will be Opened in the Name of Late Jagarnath Mahto in Bokaro

Why in News?

• On August 7, 2023, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren told in a program organized in the state's Chandrapura that a medical college would soon be opened in Bokaro in the name of the late Dumri MLA and former state education minister Jagarnath Mahto.

Key Points:

• In the programme, the Chief Minister also announced construction of a school on the lines of Netarhat residential school, apart from degree college, residential school, residential girls' school and ITI college in Dumri assembly constituency.
• It is noteworthy that in the same year, the former education minister of the state, Jagarnath Mahto, died during treatment in Chennai on April 6. At the time of Corona, Jagarnath Mahto was also hit by the virus and his lungs were transplanted.
• The Chief Minister said that medicine shops would be opened at the panchayat level in the state. After this, shops will open at the village level as well.