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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
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Gujarat govt to rebuild Rs 105 crore hostel damaged in AI-171 crash; victims' kin seek memorial at site

A medical college hostel complex severely damaged in last year's AI-171 Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad will be rebuilt, the Gujarat government has said, even as families of some victims want the site to be preserved as a memorial.

The government will build a new ultra-modern hostel facility at the same site at an estimated cost of Rs 105 crore, Health Minister Praful Pansheriya said on Tuesday.

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