The Uttar Pradesh government is working on an action plan to upgrade the infrastructure of the government industrial training institutes located in minority and Scheduled Caste dominated areas and equip them with modern facilities.

In line with this initiative, the government is actively engaged in the construction of new classrooms, theory rooms and meeting halls in government industrial training institutes situated in Nanpara (Bahraich), Sikandrabad (Bulandshahr), Chhanbe (Mirzapur) and Jewar (Gautam Buddha Nagar). The process of undertaking essential construction and repair projects is already in progress.

The first installment of allocation of Rs 2.65 crore has been approved under the Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan (SCSP) in the government industrial training institutes of Chhanbe (Mirzapur) and Jewar (Gautam Buddha Nagar).

Additionally, the allocation of Rs 3.37 crore to the government industrial training institutes falling under the minority dominated development blocks of Nanpara (Bahraich), Secunderabad (Bulandshahr) and other areas has been approved as the first installment.

“Thus, a total amount of Rs 6.02 crore has been released by the Yogi Adityanath government as the first installment for the construction and improvement works in the government industrial training institutes of the four regions,” a government spokesman said here on Friday.

Funds have been provided by Uttar Pradesh Rajya Nirman Sahkari Sangh (UPRNSS) and Rural Engineering department to speed up the construction work in ITIs in all four regions. “These works are primarily planned to be completed in two phases, and the total estimated cost for these projects is Rs 11.9 crore. As a part of this, an initial installment of Rs 6.02 crore has been approved,” the official said.

The initial installment of funding will be used for various construction activities in campuses, including establishing smart classrooms, workshops and theoretical classrooms, setting up IT labs, meeting halls, boundary walls, main gates, guard rooms, interlocking roads, CC roads and maintenance of administrative buildings.

The remaining funds will be utilised for organising workshops and other educational activities. All construction work will be completed by the middle of the financial year 2023-24. Under the guidance of the director of Uttar Pradesh Training and Employment department, all the work will be completed as per the rulebook of Uttar Pradesh government. The quality inspection of these construction works will also be done under the chairmanship of the director of Uttar Pradesh Training and Employment department.