Though the Chandpur Medical College was established four years ago, the district’s Sadar Hospital was used as its temporary campus, but the process of constructing a permanent campus has not yet started.
However, a major portion of the site selected for the permanent campus on the banks of the Dakatiya River lies in marshy wetlands.
The Planning Commission has objected to the selection of such low-lying land on the river bank for the hospital.
The commission said that 12 feet or more of sand would be required for the landfill here. Along with this, work will have to be done to protect the river and that will be very expensive.
Meanwhile, the local people believe that the interests of unscrupulous sand traders are involved in choosing the swamp as the medical college site.