lucknow the land lease for the multispecialty hospital coming up in chak ganjaria would be increased from the previously suggested 30 years to 50 years a proposal to this effect would be placed before the state cabinet for approval soon the move is expected to expedite the construction of the hospital as firms participating in the bids were reluctant to take up the project with a lease of 30 years officials at the up state health systems strengthening project said that the change was being brought on the request of hospital giants who participated in the prebid discussion held in november the participating firms stated that unless the lease given to them exceeded 50 years time it would not be costeffective and commercially viable the suggestion was examined by our experts who agreed with the logic given accordingly the change has been proposed said a senior health officer the multispecialty hospital is one of chief minister akhilesh yadavs pet projects giants like hinduja and fortis have expressed interest in it