Shillong, Mar 5: The state government is waiting for the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) approval to start the academic session of the College of Architecture and Urban Planning at Tura in West Garo Hills District.
“Despite all the challenges, the infrastructure has been completed and we are now in the process of getting approval from the AICTE (for starting the academic session of the college),” Education Minister Rakkam A Sangma said while replying in the Assembly during the question hour.
He informed that the government will apply for the permission in December this year since the website for the purpose is open during this period only.
The minister also informed that the total amount of money sanctioned by the government of India for the project is Rs 26 crore with a funding pattern of 90:10 ratio and till date the government of India has released an entire amount of Rs 23.4 crore.
The Leader of Opposition Mukul Sangma while raising a supplementary question expressed concern over the delay to start the academic session of the college and said, “It is a project funded on a 90:10 basis and we are blocking further sanctioning (from the Centre). We cannot only establish only one such college in Tura when thousands of students across the state requires to take up such courses.”
Chief minister Conrad K Sangma has to step in when the LO was accusing the minister of trying to withheld information on the project by not stating the reasons for the delay. The CM defended and said the minister has no intention to withhold any information.
He then clarified that the delay to complete the project was mainly due to the covid pandemic and road connectivity. “But we are happy that now work is completed and we will be starting the academic session very soon,” the CM assured.
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