Himachal Governor tells varsities not to increase fees

Tribune News Service
Shimla, June 18

Governor Bandaru Dattatreya has directed the state universities not to increase admission fees and other charges in view of the coronavirus pandemic to ease financial burden on students.

The Governor today wrote a letter to Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla; Dr YS Parmar Forestry and Agriculture University, Nauni; Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar Agriculture University, Palampur; HP Technical University, Hamirpur; Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel Cluster University, Mandi; and Atal Medical and Research University, Mandi; regarding different issues and asked them to submit their replies within 15 days.

Dattatreya said that the health facilities in the state had grown phenomenally and efforts were being made to further improve the quality of services. Most of the patients preferred to visit district hospitals and medical colleges for treatment instead of primary health centres and community health centres, he added. He directed Atal Medical and Research University, Mandi, to submit a report in this regard so that quality health services could be provided to the people of the state.