Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Wednesday approved the architectural design and layout of new campus of Maharaja Ranjit Singh State Technical University, Bathinda to be constructed at a cost of `300 crore.
A decision was taken by the Chief Minister while presiding over a review meeting of the University here. The Chief Minister said that the upcoming campus must be an architectural marvel, which should be a blend of modern and traditional Punjabi architecture. He laid thrust on having eco friendly campus with facilities like rain water harvesting, solar panels and comprehensive single duct for efficient maintenance of all the services.
Badal also said that special emphasis must be laid on sprucing up the campus with green belts by ensuring state – of-the-art landscaping in the campus. “These green belts will enhance the beauty of campus on one hand and help in checking the pollution by acting as green lungs on the other”, he added.
The Chief Minister also underlined the need to start the civil work of the upcoming campus at the earliest, to be completed within a time span of maximum 18 months.
Meanwhile, it was also decided in principle that the foundation stone of this ambitious project would laid by the Chief Minister in mid of April this year. likewise, it was also finalised that in the first phase the construction of Administrative block along with academic block would be undertaken whereas in the second phase the remaining part of the campus would be covered.