Panaji, Jul 6 (UNI) NABARD has sanctioned loan worth Rs 2891.15 lakh under Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) to the Government of Goa for ‘Construction of Phase II Building of Goa Dental College and Hospital, Bambolim, Goa. In a statement, Usha Ramesh, General Manager/OiC, NABARD, said RIDF was instituted in NABARD with the sole objective of giving low cost support to state governments and state owned corporations for developing critical infrastructure in agriculture and allied sector, social sector and rural connectivity.

 

The social infrastructure created out of the project sanctioned would be the State of the Art ‘Dental Hospital’ for major dental treatment and for overall improvement in health standards of the people, she said.