Statesman News Service
MALDA, June 28:The Malda Congress today received a shot in the arm when Central officials, deputed by the Union human resources development department, visited Baishnabnagar in Kaliachak III block to survey land for the setting up of the proposed Central Technical University.
It may be recalled that chief minister Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee had announced that the proposed varsity for vocational courses would be set up in Jalpaiguri district.
Local Congress leaders claimed that Malda MP Mr AH Khan Choudhury was instrumental in bringing the Central team to Kaliachak for land survey. The director of Regional Institute of Science and Technology (North-east), Mr K Kumar and Prof PK Bhattacharya, a senior Central official, today visited a plot of land at Baishnabnagar in Kaliachak III near the South Malda College. They were accompanied by Malda SDO Ms Arunima De and Malda Zilla Parishad sabhadhipati Mr Goutam Chakraborty.
“We are visiting the district to search land for the proposed technical university following a direction from the Union HRD department,” Mr Kumar said. The proposed university would be fourth-of-its-kind in the country where vocational courses would be offered in food processing, jute technology, sericulture and information technology.
It was learnt that Malda MP Mr AH Khan Choudhury had approached the UPA chairperson Mrs Sonia Gandhi to name the university after the late ABA Ghani Khan Choudhury. Mr Choudhury had recently claimed that the proposal was approved by Mrs Sonia Gandhi. However, on 20 June, the state environment and parliamentary affairs minister, Mr Sailen Sarkar, had announced here that the state government has planned to set up the university in Jalpaiguri district. The state has planned to set up two academic universities in West Bengal soon.” Although it is not yet clear where the university would come up, the Central officials’ visit has made the Congress leaders happy here.
MALDA, June 28:The Malda Congress today received a shot in the arm when Central officials, deputed by the Union human resources development department, visited Baishnabnagar in Kaliachak III block to survey land for the setting up of the proposed Central Technical University.
It may be recalled that chief minister Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee had announced that the proposed varsity for vocational courses would be set up in Jalpaiguri district.
Local Congress leaders claimed that Malda MP Mr AH Khan Choudhury was instrumental in bringing the Central team to Kaliachak for land survey. The director of Regional Institute of Science and Technology (North-east), Mr K Kumar and Prof PK Bhattacharya, a senior Central official, today visited a plot of land at Baishnabnagar in Kaliachak III near the South Malda College. They were accompanied by Malda SDO Ms Arunima De and Malda Zilla Parishad sabhadhipati Mr Goutam Chakraborty.
“We are visiting the district to search land for the proposed technical university following a direction from the Union HRD department,” Mr Kumar said. The proposed university would be fourth-of-its-kind in the country where vocational courses would be offered in food processing, jute technology, sericulture and information technology.
It was learnt that Malda MP Mr AH Khan Choudhury had approached the UPA chairperson Mrs Sonia Gandhi to name the university after the late ABA Ghani Khan Choudhury. Mr Choudhury had recently claimed that the proposal was approved by Mrs Sonia Gandhi. However, on 20 June, the state environment and parliamentary affairs minister, Mr Sailen Sarkar, had announced here that the state government has planned to set up the university in Jalpaiguri district. The state has planned to set up two academic universities in West Bengal soon.” Although it is not yet clear where the university would come up, the Central officials’ visit has made the Congress leaders happy here.
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