Indore hospital: 87 staff, no land, no building after six years

A 100-bed civil hospital in Indore's Khajrana area has not been built six years after the government announced it. Local officials said the project lacks both land and a building. Despite this, the state created 87 staff positions for the hospital. Nearly 80 of those employees currently work at other government hospitals, officials said.

The delay comes from the difficulty in finding suitable government land in the area, officials said. The search has not produced a viable plot.

Critics question why recruitment went ahead for a hospital that does not exist. They call the hiring wasteful, given that staff are deployed elsewhere while the project remains stalled. The recruitment process, they argue, should have waited for land allocation.

The state health department said it continues to look for land. No timeline has been given for the project's completion.