The proposal to construct a trauma centre on the accident-prone Kalka-Shimla National Highway (NH) 05 has been hanging fire for the past several years.
The first proposal was mooted during the BJP tenure in the state in 2002. At that time, an exhaustive exercise was undertaken to identify the location and work out its nitty-gritty, but the project failed to materialise.
Another announcement to open such a centre was then made during the UPA-II by the then Union Minister for State for Health and Family Welfare. The centre was supposed to be set up at Dharampur — a key point on the highway. But again nothing happened.
