Ahmedabad medical college hostel damaged in Air India crash to be reconstructed

GANDHINAGAR: (Mar 18) Nine months after the crash of the AI-171 Air India flight severely damaged the hostel complex of B J Medical College in Ahmedabad city, the Gujarat government has decided to build a new hostel complex at the site.

The existing building in Meghaninagar area, vacated after the catastrophic incident of June 12, 2025, will be pulled down and a new, bigger hostel complex will come up at an estimated cost of Rs 103 crore, officials said on Wednesday.

The Tata Group, which owns Air India, has provided Rs 53 crore for the reconstruction, they said.