Giving a major push to higher education in Punjab, the Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday approved the setting up of Medical College at Malerkotla district and Agriculture College in Kalanaur (Gurdaspur).
Taking part in deliberations, the Chief Minister said that Medical College at Malerkotla will come up at Kot Sherwani. He expressed hope that this upcoming Medical College will act as a pivot for imparting quality health services and medical education to Punjab in general and Malwa region in particular.
Mann said that this college will emerge Malerkotla as a hub of medical education on the roadmap of the country.
Dwelling on another agenda, the Chief Minister also approved the setting up of an Agriculture College at Kalanaur town in Gurdaspur district. “Besides providing education on the latest know-how in the vast field of agriculture, this college will be instrumental in giving impetus to progressive and mechanized farming in the border districts of the state,” he said.
Mann said that such premier educational institutes in the border region are the need of the hour to give a fillip to its progress and prosperity of people.
The Chief Minister directed the officers to ensure that the work on both the ambitious projects, to come up with central assistance, is completed in a time-bound manner.
“The State Government is formulating several pro-people and development-oriented schemes for the well-being of the people,” said Mann adding that there is no dearth of funds for this purpose and impetus will be given to all-round development of the state.