THE long awaited 200-bedded ESIC hospital in MIDC Butibori, Nagpur, remains under construction and is not yet operational although the project was inaugurated in 2018. While construction on the Rs 156 crore project started in 2022, delays have left 75,000 industrial workers relying on distant facilities for medical care. The Butibori Manufacturers Association (BMA) has been urging the Government to speed up construction of the project to serve local workers from the past several years. For immediate healthcare, worker benefits in the region are currently managed through dispensaries, while the main hospital remains in progress. Jeevan Ghime, Vice-President of Butibori Manufacturers Association (BMA) said, “The much anticipated ESIC Hospital at MIDC Butibori still remains a distant dream for the large number of industrial workers in the industrial estate.

 

Although, the construction work of the hospital has started it should be completed on a war footing without any further delays and become operational this year.” “BMA has taken up this issue on various platforms and meetings with the concerned Government officials. As of May 2026, only 50% of the project work seems to be completed. We have asked the Government officials to intervene and expedite the project at the earliest,” Ghime mentioned. Currently, ESIC has tied-up with various hospitals, so that the industrial workers can avail the medical services covered under ESIC scheme. But due to payment delays from the ESIC Department these hospitals refuse the industrial workers on a regular basis.

 

This causes great discomfort to the industrial workers and members covered under the ESIC insurance scheme. They have to travel to Nagpur’s ESIC Hospital to avail the medical benefits. Large number of registered industrial workers are regularly paying their dues to ESIC, but in return they are getting no benefits. “In the interest of the industrial workers and the industries in general this work must be completed in the stipulated time,” said a prominent industrialist on the condition of anonymity.