The Pioneer, Jan 18, 2010
PNS | Bhawanipatna
The intelligentsias of Kalahandi district urged former President APJ Abdul Kalam to influence the Central and State Governments to take immediate steps for establishment of a national (innovative) university in the region.
The intelligentsias led by convener of Vision Kalahandi 2020 AK Nanda and non-resident Odia (NRO) Digambara Patra presented the former President the well-researched document — Vision Kalahandi 2020 here.
Nanda pointed out that Kalahandi is at present backward despite its geographical location at the central point of south-west Odisha, its vast natural resources and glorious past. The KBK Yojana and other schemes of the Central and State Governments would not work here unless higher education and research generates awareness among the masses, he observed.
Although the Government of India has been initiating a number of universities like Central and National [Innovative], nothing is allotted to Kalahandi, lamented Dr Nanda. Such centres of higher learning should be established in the backward zones so that the areas lagging behind the developed zones would march ahead and the regional imbalances would be reduced considerably, which would ensure an effective national integration, said he.
Nanda also pointed out that lakhs of people of Kalahandi cutting across political and professional lines have petitioned several times to both the Centre and the State to get a university. However, both the Governments turned deaf ear to the request, he added.
Kalahandi district, they said, has thousands and thousands acres of land ideally located at the tariff points of rail, road and air. The region is, moreover, free from Maoist menace and natural hazards like floods, earthquake, tsunami and volcanic eruption. As such, the region is congenial for education and research to grow. So establishment of a university in the region is must, they argued.
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