Rajya Sabha MP and former cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has sanctioned Rs 25 lakh from the MPLAD scheme for setting up a digital X-ray unit at Ernakulam Government General Hospital. This comes after Ernakulam MLA Hybi Eden said he had made a request to Tendulkar for funds to help set up the digital X-ray machine and dialysis units at the hospital.

The facilities will be set up for providing better services to the poor and needy. Eden said the legendary cricketer had written to Ernakulam district Collector to provide technical, financial and administrative sanctions to the project within 75 days. Also Read- Sachin Tendulkar Attends Rajya Sabha After A Long Time and Twitterati Turn His Picture Into A Meme

“The sanctioned work should be approved and completed if they are compliant under the guidelines of the Member of Parliament Local Area Development (MPLAD) scheme,” Tendulkar said in his letter sent to the Collector.

Tendulkar also urged the district administration to keep him informed of the sanction and progress of the implementation.

Ernakulam General Hospital was founded in 1845 by the erstwhile king of Kochi. Eden said Tendulkar’s involvement in the development of the hospital would take the prestigious healthcare centre in the city to newer heights.

Tendulkar Attends Rajya Sabha

Meanwhile, Tendulkar was seen in the Upper House of Parliament on Thursday. The former Indian captain has been a Rajya Sabha member since 2012. Tendulkar who mostly is absent from Parliament proceedings attended after Samajwadi Party MP Naresh Agarwal questioned the absence of nominated members from Rajya Sabha. The MP had even pressed for Tendulkar’s resignation.