A delegation of CITU leaders led by its state unit General Secretary Bishnu Mohanty met the Director, ESIC S.Chaturbedi at New Delhi on Tuesday and pleaded for establishment of a ESIC Medical College stating that over 50 per cent of the total revenue was generated from Rourkela.

A large number of small and medium industries were located in Western Orissa and thousands of workers were contributing and dependent on ESIC, they said.

According to Mohanty, the ESIC director had agreed to the proposal and said if the state government provided 32 acre his organisation would spent about Rs 500 crores for the establishment of a medical college. PTI