Minister for Public Works, Cottage & Village Industries Gopal Bhargava, while expressing gratitude to the Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan for re-starting the Horticulture College, Rahli, Sagar district, welcomed the decision of the State Government.
Bhargava said that in August-2018, the then State Government, giving a big gift to Bundelkhand region had decided to start a horticulture college in Rahli Tehsil of Sagar district. In this, students selected by the Professional Examination Board were
given admission for the academic session 2018-19 and 2019-20.
Academic sessions of 3 semesters were also completed in these colleges. But on 6 March 2020, the decision of the previous Government to stop operating the college was taken unexpectedly due to the political reasons. As a result, there was a question mark on the future of agricultural and horticulture students coming from rural areas of the State.
Minister Bhargava informed that after the formation of the present Government on March 6, 2020, the decision of the previous Government was reviewed and a people-friendly decision was taken to re-start the Horticulture College, Rahli under the Jawaharlal Nehru Agricultural University, Jabalpur. Due to this decision, People of the State are joyous, especially in Bundelkhand region.
It may be mentioned that this is the second horticulture college of the State. Minister Gopal Bhargava and local MLA have made special efforts for its establishment.