The State Government will soon be developing hostels in 13 districts of Chhattisgarh for students belonging to Scheduled Tribes (ST) category. The block-level hostels are going to cater to around 6500 students of the community.
As per information received, the capacity of each hostel would be around 500 seats, of which 250 seats would be for girl students. In first phase, green-signal for development of hostels through grant under Article 275 (1) will be carried out in tribal-dominated block headquarters of the State.
In a notification issued by Tribal Development Department, a departmental agency has been authorized for construction of these hostels. In first phase of works, the hostels will be constructed in Sukma, Bijapur, Jagdalpur, Bastar (Bhanpuri), Kondagaon, Kanker, Jashpur, Ambikapur, Surajpur, Korba, Dharamjaigarh (Raigarh), Gaurela (Bilaspur) and Nagri (Dhamtari).