DW BUREAU / Chandigarh Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday said that taking a leap forward towards imparting quality health services to people, the state government will dedicate more than 400 new Aam Aadmi Clinics to people of state on January 27th, thereby enhancing the total number of functional clinics to 500. Chairing a meeting to review the arrangements for the mega event to be held at Amritsar on January 27th, the Chief Minister said that in order to provide quality and timely health services to the people 100 Aam Aadmi clinics were already dedicated to the people on 75th Independence Day. He said that these clinics are offering 41 health packages with nearly 100 clinical tests free of cost to the people. Bhagwant Mann said that these clinics are acting as a cornerstone in the revamp of the healthcare system in Punjab. The Chief Minister said that it is a matter of great pride and satisfaction that the Government of India (GoI) has also lauded this path breaking initiative of the state government to deliver health services to people. He said that now with the opening of more than 400 Aam Aadmi Clinics Punjab will script a new success story in the Healthcare sector by functioning of 500 such clinics. Bhagwant Mann said that this revolutionary initiative will rejuvenate the Healthcare system in state adding he directed the officers to ensure foolproof arrangements for the mega events. The Chief Minister said that setting up of these clinics is a humble effort by the state government to transform Punjab into a healthy and disease free by imparting quality Health services. Bhagwant Mann envisioned that the residents of the state will no longer have to shelve huge money in hospitals for getting treatment and diagnostic facilities. He said that patients can avail the medical services by stepping into the clinics or can avail facility of online appointment. On the occasion, Cabinet Ministers Aman Arora and Dr. Balbir, Principal Secretary Information and Public Relations Rahul Bhandari, Secretary Health Ajoy Sharma, Director Information and Public Relations Sonali Giri and others were also present. CM asks officers to ensure that flights from domestic airport Adampur are resumed by march end Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday asked the officers to ensure that domestic flights from Adampur (Jalandhar) airport are resumed by the coming March end. Chairing a review meeting of the Civil Aviation department here today, the Chief Minister bemoaned that the stopping of flights from the airport has caused a lot of inconvenience to the people of the region especially the NRIs. However, he asked the officers to ensure that the flights from this airport are resumed at the earliest. Bhagwant Mann said that the state government is committed for restarting the flights by March end to facilitate the people. The Chief Minister said that this resumption of flights from the airport will provide direct air connectivity to the region with the rest of the globe. He further said that besides saving time, money and energy of the people especially the NRIs from the region, this airport will also give further boost to the economic development of the region in general and Jalandhar city in particular. Bhagwant Mann said that besides facilitating NRIs to stay connected with their roots, this airport will also boost medical tourism and industrial development in the media capital of the state. Dwelling on another agenda, the Chief Minister directed the officers to complete the ongoing work for construction of civil air terminal at Halwara within three months. He said that the state government has already released Rs 50 crore for early completion of the work at civil air terminal. Bhagwant Mann said that the timely completion of the project is the need of hour to give impetus to the economic growth of the state. The Chief Minister bemoaned that the work on this ambitious project has been hanging in fire for the last few months. However, Bhagwant Mann said that after assuming the charge of office, his government has put the work on this project in fast-track mode adding that any sort of inordinate delay in work is unwarranted and undesirable. He also asked the PWD to complete the work of construction of approach roads to these airports at the earliest. On the occasion, Cabinet Minister Harbhajan Singh ETO, Principal Secretary Civil Aviation Rahul Bhandari, Secretary PWD Rajat Aggarwal, Director Civil Aviation Sonali Giri and others were also present. (editor@dailyworld.in)