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The first science college of the state will be set up in Hamirpur at an estimated cost of Rs 100 crore, said Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu while speaking at the annual function of Netaji Subhash Chander Bose Government Postgraduate Degree College in the district on Friday. He added that 80 kanals had been identified for the college and Rs 20 crore had been released for the project. He also announced that an Allied and Healthcare College and an AIIMS-level Ayurvedic institute would be established on 74 acres. The Chief Minister said that to ensure qualitative improvement in the education and health sectors were the priorities of the state government. He added that diagnostic facilities were being strengthened in health institutions so that diseases could be detected at an early stage. Robotic surgery had been introduced in the state that costs Rs 30,000 to patients and the state government was providing a subsidy of Rs 90,000. Besides, 3-Tesla MRI machines were being installed in medical colleges to facilitate more accurate diagnosis of diseases, he asserted.