Haryana Chief Minister, Manohar lal Khattar on Friday dedicated four projects involving an investment of about Rs 52 crore at Chaudhary Devi lal University, Sirsa through video conferencing from here.
The two projects inaugurated by him included a Rs 12 crore Dr Ambedkar Bhawan for students of law Department and Savitri Bai Phule Girls’ hostel constructed at a cost of Rs 9.50 crore. The two other projects for which he laid the foundation stones are a Rs 27.69 crore Teaching Block No. 4 and a Herbal Park to be developed on an area of five acres at a cost of Rs 2.72 crore.
He also announced that a grant of Rs 36 crore would be given to the University to further strengthen its infrastructure.
Congratulating the students, teaching and non-teaching staff of the University, the Chief Minister said that today he has inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of the projects in the University from a distance of about 350 kilometers through the use of Information Technology. He said that in a similar initiative, he would lay the foundation stones of 22 new colleges at different places in the State on February 10, adding that these included Kalanwali and Rania in district Sirsa.
The Chief Minister said that a number of steps have been taken to bring about a positive change in the education system. Five new government colleges have been opened in the last two years and there is a plan to open 22 new colleges in the State shortly. Apart from this, approval has been granted for opening of 33 new self-financing degree colleges and four self-financing law colleges.
Sescribing women’s education as one of the priority areas of the State Government, he said that the Government plans to set up a women college within a radius of 20 kilometers so as to ensure that our daughters need not go beyond more than 10 kilometers to get education.
The Chief Minister said that besides education, the State Government is also promoting sports in a big way. He said that the Government wanted to make Haryana a sports hub and to ensure this; the Government has decided to nurture the sports talent from an early age.
Education Minister, Ram Bilas Sharma, who was accompanying the Chief Minister said that the State Government has introduced digitalization in Higher Education. He said that during last year, about one lakh online admissions were made and this number would be further increased this year. More facilities were being provided in the universities to promote research activities.