NAVI MUMBAI: The city will soon have a state-of-the-art Regional Research Institute of Homeopathy and Unani Medicine. A project of Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy (CCRH) under Ministry of Ayush (Department of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy), it is slated to come up at sector 18, Kharghar.

Central minister Shripad Naik recently laid the foundation stone of the centre.

The proposed centre, pegged at Rs 31 crore, will house both the regional research institutes of homoeopathy and Unani medicine, which are currently operating from Belapur and Byculla respectively.A Cidco plot (No. 38-39), admeasuring 1, 999 sq m, has been acquired for the construction of the building.

Dr K C Muraleedharan, officer in-charge of CCRH, said, “This will be the first such research centre in the state. Patients will be treated free of cost in a bid to promote alternate therapy.”