The National Institute of Technology (NIT) Sumadi, at Srinagar in Pauri district will be established at the location originally approved for it. Apart from this, the Central Institute of Plastic Engineering and Technology will start conducting its curricula from next year. The Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said this after meeting the Union Ministers concerned in the National Capital regarding these issues.
The Uttarakhand Chief Minister met the Union Minister of Human Resource Development, Prakash Javadekar and discussed the issues of NIT and new central universities in the State. Interacting informally with members of the media after his meet with the Union Minister, Rawat said that the NIT Srinagar will be opened at the location originally selected for it. There is no reason for the NIT to be shifted outside the state. The State Government will provide full cooperation in the construction and operation of the NIT. The Chief Minister further informed that the union minister had responded positively on the subject of opening new central universities in the State.
Rawat also called on the Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Ananth Kumar at Shastri Bhawan. During their meeting, it was stated that in the near future, Jan Aushadhi Kendra will be opened in the 26 Government hospitals of Uttarakhand to provide generic medicines to the public.
Further, it was Stated that an agreement had also been reached to start the Central Institute of Plastic Engineering and Technology in Uttarakhand from January next year.
The Utarakhand Chief Minister also met the Union Road Transport and Highways Minister, Nitin Gadkari in the national capital. During the meet, Rawat discussed aspects of the Muzaffarnagar-Dehradun road with the Union Minister.
The Union Minister said that work will be started in the near future on the Muzaffarnagar-Dehradun road. Consistent monitoring will also be undertaken for swift construction of national highway works allocated in the State. The Uttarakhand State Minister of higher education Dhan Singh Rawat was also among those present on the occasion.