Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya has directed officials to ensure timely completion of eight Atal residential colleges, the construction of which is in full swing.
He also asked the officials to maintain a high standard of work besides strict compliance with Covid protocol for safety of officials and workers. Work on this project is in progress under the supervision of Public Works Department (PWD) officials.
An official communiqué released on Monday evening said that Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya, who holds the PWD portfolio, reviewed the construction of eight Atal residential colleges being built at a cost of Rs 521.23 crore under the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) mode.
The release claimed that the government had sanctioned construction of 18 Atal residential colleges in Uttar Pradesh out of which work on only eight was taken up by the PWD.
The first eight Atal residential colleges are under construction in Basti, Kanpur Nagar, Banda, Lalitpur, Gonda, Prayagraj, Sonbhadra and Muzaffarnagar.
Maurya asked the officers to expedite the work and complete it within the set deadline so that the construction of the remaining Atal residential colleges could be taken up.