The foundation stone for the 960-bed AIIMS institute would be laid by January-end near Mangalagiri , as per the sources.

A team of experts of the Union Health Ministry cleared the 196 acres of land located near Mangalagiri for establishing the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). The team inspected the site where TB sanatorium was located in the past. The site is on the outskirts of Mangalagiri town and adjacent to the 6th APSP battalion.

The team also interacted with Guntur district Collector Kantilal Dande and examined land records relating to the site proposed for the AIIMS. The team also interacted with the Minister for Health Kamineni Srinivasa Rao and told him that they were satisfied with the location of the land shown to them for AIIMS.

The Minister said the 960-bed AIIMS would be established at a cost of Rs 1,200 crore. The Union government would release Rs 500 crore during this financial year for the institute.   The Minister recalled that the Union government had promised to establish AIIMS the State post-bifurcation of the State.

Union Human Resources Development Minister Smriti Irani laid the foundation stone for the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in Gambheeram village near Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh on January 17.

To come up on nearly 400 acres of land, IIM-Visakhapatnam is the first of the 11 institutes sanctioned by the central government for Andhra Pradesh under the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act.