Working to cover all the Assembly constituencies with at least one degree level college, the Cabinet on Friday approved eight such colleges to begin with. The colleges would come up in Khijri, Barhi, Gomia, Tundi, Borio, Barhet, Sikaripada and Nala constituencies.
Informing about the decisions, Cabinet Secretary SKG Rahate said that the Cabinet has sanctioned Rs 126 crore for the eight colleges to be set up. "The colleges would come up during 2017-18 financial year and Rs 15.76 crore for each college has been approved to be given to their affiliate Universities. In total Rs 126 crore has been allocated for the task," said the official. Also, Odiya language Department would be set up at the Kolhan University.
The Cabinet, in the light of recent meeting having taken place with MoS for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha, has approved upgradation and expansion of two air strips located at Nagwan of Hazaribagh and Chiyanki of Palamu. 245 acres of land would be acquired for the former at the cost of Rs 194 crore while Rs 76 crore has been approved for taking 12.44 acre of land at Chiyanki.
"The Cabinet has also approved the proposal taking loan of Rs 216 crore from Judco for conducting rehabilitation and resettlement exercise for HEC area against the land acquired. This apart, a command, control and communication centre for monitoring and supervision of the Smart City would come up," added Rahate.
In another important decision, two JAS officials of 39th batch, Dr Anwar Hussain and Suryamani Acharya, were dismissed from service for indulging in irregularities. Hussain as BDO of Panki has been slapped with 20 charges relating to misuse of Government fund while Achayra's ST certificate was found forged.
"The Cabinet also approved Rs 1064 crore for supplying piped water at reservoirs of Garhwa for drinking as well as irrigation uses. The idea has been adopted after successful implementation in Gujarat where a team of Water Resources Department had visited recently. At the same time, Mineral Exploration Corporation limited, Nagpur has been given job of mineral exploration in all the major mining blocks of the State. The contract has been given for three years on nomination basis," said the official.
The Cabinet also approved the proposal to set up eight additional family courts where over 500 or more cases are pending for disposal. The courts would come up at Bokaro, Deoghar, Dhanbad, Giridih, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur, Ranchi and Sahibganj.