DDA cancels deal with Escorts Hospital

The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has cancelled the lease agreement of land allotted to Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre (EHIRC) due to violations of the terms of the allotment.

The announcement was made by S Jaipal Reddy, urban development minister, in the Lok Sabha today. "Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre had violated the terms of allotment of free beds to the extent of 25%, and illegally merging with a Chandigarh-based society with the same name, which is not a non-profit making charitable society, and later on converting itself into a private limited company," Reddy said.