Thursday, September 24, 2009

Looks like Central Government had decided to open seven Indira Gandhi National Tribal Universities in tribal populated areas in the country

Allot land for Indira Gandhi Tribal Varsity: Jamuna Devi
Central Chronicle, Sept 14, 2009
By Our Staff Reporter, Bhopal, Sept 14

Leader of Opposition in Assembly Ms Jamuna Devi expressed serious concern over not allotting necessary land to Indira Gandhi National Tribal University in Amarkantak (Anuppur District) which started last year. She said that at the time of establishing this university the state government had assured to allot land to it. But so far the government did not allot land. This show the 'love' of BJP towards the tribals, she said.

She said that the Central Government had decided to open such seven universities in tribal populated areas in the country to protect their cultural traditions and to provide them modern and technical education. This university opened in Madhya Pradesh is the second in the series. It is sad that the amount sanctioned for the university last year could not be utilized fully and this year too no progress was seen so far in this direction.

Ms Jamuna Devi said that the BJP proclaimed their love for tribals. It was expected that the government would take initiative to do everything including necessary land allotment for the university. But it is surprising that the government gave the responsibility of land allotment to the district collector. The district collector sent a letter to Seeds Development Corporation and the matter ended there. The Seed Development Corporation has to allot its land to the university.
The Congress leader appealed the Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan to take initiative in allotting of land to the university.

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