Minister for early start of hydro-engineering college

Tribune News Service

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Shimla, December 17

Technical Education Minister GS Bali today stressed the need for early finalisation of all codal formalities to start Hydro Engineering College at Bandla in Bilaspur district. The college will be set up in a joint venture with the Government of India and the state government.

Bali raised this issue in a meeting held in New Delhi under the chairmanship of Union Minister of Power Piyush Goyal to finalise the necessary codal formalities for an early start of Hydro Engineering College.

It was decided that the foundation stone would be laid down in the March, 2016, and the work on this college be completed within one-and-a-half year. Bali said the land required for the college had already been transferred in the name of the Department of Technical Education and the estimated cost of construction was about Rs,100 crore .

It was also decided that there would be eight members in the governing body under the chairmanship of Additional Secretary (Power), Government of India, in which four members would be from the state government.

Goyal assured that efforts would be made to make this college as a model of engineering colleges in the country. He stressed for maintaining quality education for which consultancy services would be taken from some reputed engineering institute of the country.