Saturday, May 15, 2010

Rs 140 cr for engg, agri colleges in Begusarai, Purnia

Rs 140 cr for engg, agri colleges in Begusarai, Purnia

Posted: 13 May 2010 11:38 PM PDT

PATLIPUTRA — The Bihar Cabinet has decided to set up an engineering college at Begusarai and an agriculture university at Purnia with an investment of Rs 139.72 crore.

Cabinet secretary, Afazal Amanullah told reporters after the meeting that a sum of Rs 62.22 crore was sanctioned for establishing an engineering college at Begusarai, which would be named after ‘Rashtra Kavi’ Ramdhari Singh ‘Dinkar’ who hailed from the district.

He said that the government also decided to establish an agriculture university at Purnia at a cost of Rs 77.50 crore. The agriculture university would be named after Bhola Paswan Shashtri, a three time former Bihar chief minister.

The cabinet also sanctioned a sum of Rs 8.15 crore for constructing the building and hostel premises for constructing the building to house the students of Birla Institute of Technology, Bihar chapter.

The cabinet also decided to constitute a three member cabinet sub-committee headed by Bihar Deputy Chief Minister, Sushil Kumar Modi to revive the Bihar state Khadi Gramodygya Board, Amanullah informed.

Source: Jai Bihar

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