The State Public Works Department (PWD) had embarked upon the work of constructing 17 new buildings for Polytechnic colleges at a cost of `139 crore in 15 districts in the current fiscal 2016-17.
PWD Minister Rajesh Munat on Tuesday said that four Polytechnic college buildings at a cost of `31 crore had already been completed.
The construction works on the other 13 college buildings had been going on at a rapid pace. The Polytechnic college buildings had been completed at Mahasamund, Rajnandgaon,Baloda Bazar-Batapara and expansion plans at Durg district, he said.
Munat said that 13 Polytechnic colleges buildings are being constructed in 12 districts at a cost of `107.95 crore.
New Polytechnic colleges were sanctioned for Chhattisgarh during April 2015.
The colleges were established under the 11th Five Year Plan as part of Central government's Sub-mission on Polytechnic under the coordinated action for skill development.
The Polytechnic colleges are being established in States having less number of Polytechnic colleges, officials informed on Monday.
Officials further said under this scheme already nine out of 11 Polytechnic colleges have already been established in Koriya, Jashpur, Kanker, Narayanpur, Bijapur, Ramanujganj, Bilaspur, Raipur and Bastar.
In Dantewada the Polytechnic College has been established with help of NMDC while in Janjgir Champa the State government has set up the college.
The Central Government last year announced that it will open one new Polytechnic colleges each in Kondagaon and Surajpur districts.
The Central Government has provided assistance of `12.30 crore for opening these colleges. Out of sanctioned amount `8 crore would be invested for building construction while `4.30 crore would be spent on equipments, furniture etc.The State Government for academic session 2014-15 has already started a Polytechnic college in Baloda Bazaar and Bhatapara each.
The State government had also announced that it will open as many as 17 new Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) in 15 development blocks during financial year 2015-16.
Out of the 17 ITIs, a total of 12 would be opened in tribal dominated regions.
The State Government has made a provision of `19.3 crore for the purpose.
It may be recalled that a budget provision of `10 crore had been made by the State Government for 2015-16 for investors in the form of capital investment,interest grant and skill development in the State Budget for the Electronics and IT sector is set to provide a major boost to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Make in India’ campaign.
The budget announcement is in consonance with the new IT & Electronics policy of the State government , officials stated.