Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi visited District Bilaspur of Himachal Pradesh on 3rd October, 2017. The Prime Minister was received by the Governor of Himachal Pradesh, His Excellency Acharya Devvrat, Union Health Minister Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda and Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh Shri Virbhadra Singh at the Luhnu Ground Helipad.

The Prime Minister performed the foundation stone laying ceremony of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to be opened at Kothipura in Bilaspur District. The AIIMS is proposed to be constructed in around 205 acre of land. Initially, the AIIMS will have 20 super speciality blocks having 750 bed capacities. It will have intake of 100 MBBS seats and 60 nursing seats per batch per annum. The Prime Minister also performed the foundation stone laying ceremony of Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) to be set up at Saloh in District Una and Tata Digital Nerve Centre for Bilaspur and Kullu Districts for quality primary health care at the Luhnu Indoor Stadium, Bilaspur (H.P.).

NIC District Centre Bilaspur (H.P.) team headed by Sh. Rakesh Kumar, DIO Bilaspur along with FMS Sh. Vivek Gupta and Sh. Shyam Kaushal provided technical support to the District Administration during the visit of Hon’ble Prime Minister of India to District Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh. On 2nd October, 2017 i.e. day before the Prime Minister’s visit an IT Cell in the PMO Tent was setup by NIC Bilaspur (H.P.) at the Luhnu Ground Venue.