Tech, Agri Colleges for Kalahandi

Odishatoday.com, 28th December, 2008

Bhubaneswar (Orissa): Orissa Government on Saturday announced few packages for KBK districts of Kalahandi. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, who chaired a high level meeting here, announced to set up engineering and a new agriculture college at Bhawanipatna. Funds will be located from Special Problem Fund (SPF) for both these institutions. Both the colleges were provided Rs.5 crore each to take up preliminary works. The engineering college will have 240 seats, where as the agriculture college will accommodate 48 students, revealed an official. There are 63 engineering colleges, where as this will be the third agriculture college in the state, said he. Two agriculture colleges exist at Bhubaneswar in Khurda district and Chiplima in Sambalpur district. The College of Agriculture, Bhawanipatna will be under the Orissa University of Agriculture Technology (OUAT). The Government Engineering College, Bhawanipatna will be constituent college of Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT). Chief Minister directed Ashok Dalwai, Commissioner-cum-Secretary Industry’s department to file application to AICTE for the engineering college before 31 December, so that the new institution will enroll students from the education year 2009-10. Patnaik also asked Arabinda Padhi, Director Agriculture to take up the matter with VC OUAT for facilitating the students to enroll them in 2009-10. Tarun Kanti Mishra, Development Commissioner who attended the meeting will co-ordinate the land alienation and construction work in a faster manner.