The Chhattisgarh Government has approved a proposal for the construction of 304 additional classrooms in 38 Government colleges of the State.
Each college will have eight additional rooms, officials stated.
A sum of`38 crore had been sanctioned for the purpose in the ongoing 2015-16 financial year. Each college will receive fund of `1 crore.
Considering the need of the upcoming academic session, officials said the construction is aimed to be completed within the next six months.
According to State Higher Education Minister Prem Prakash Pandey, the colleges are over four to five decades old and such a decision had been taken while taking into account the inclination of the students for pursuing studies in these colleges.
He said that the present area of the classrooms in these colleges is about 50 square feet. The newly constructed classrooms will measure around 900 square feet, added the Minister.
The classrooms will also have boys and girls toilets along with drinking water facilities.
The list of colleges which would have additional classrooms include-- Jawaharlal Nehru College in Bemetara, Kishori Mohan Tripathi Women’s College in Raigarh, Sant Guru Ghasidas Government PG College in Kurud, Kamla Devi Women’s College in Rajnandgaon, Government College in Dhamdha, Government Bilasa Kanya PG College in Bilaspur and Government Rajeev lochan College in Rajim.