Ahmedabad, 5 December 2013

The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation(AMC) has proposed to give Memnagar TP1 final plot number 190/2 to Sterling Hospitals on rent for five years for parking purpose. The plot is located opposite Treatotel Hotel on the right side of Shakamba tower. The AMC has proposed to collect rent and deposit from Sterling Hospitals and imply condition to get back the plot at anytime it wishes. Any other use of the plot will not be permitted according to the proposal.

Opposition Congress has opposed the decision. Leader of opposition Badruddin Sheikh said, “there’s a shortage of plots to provide basic facilities to people in Western part of Ahmedabad. Sterling hospital is not public hospital, it is commercial venture. In future when AMC will need to take back the land, Sterling will put forward various excuses, move political pressure and will not return the land. There are such examples in the past.