Mysore/Mysuru: Urban Development Minister Byrathi Basavaraj has said Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) has become a model by saving lives of people during the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic.
Speaking after inaugurating the newly-established oxygen generating plant at Seth Mohandas Tulsidas (SMT) Hospital here on Friday, he said that the prime objective of MUDA was to form new layouts and develop city. But it has played a vital role during the Corona crisis and saved lives of people. Such works must be taken up in other districts too. The administrations and the elected representatives of those districts have to take a lead in this regard, he added. The Minister said that none had imagined that the Coronavirus will spread so fast and affect so many people. At that juncture, MUDA helped in converting the SMT Hospital into Covid Hospital where hundreds of Corona positive patients were treated. It was happy to note that prime land had been donated by Seth Mohandas Tulsidas family for the construction of hospital. The new oxygen generating plant has been commissioned with the financial help of the Builders’ Association of India (BAI), Mysuru Chapter, which has shared its part of income towards a noble cause, he added.
