Fourth of the 8 new IITs in Himachal Pradesh
October 3rd, 2007
Following is an excerpt from Economic Times on this.
The Centre on Tuesday announced it would open a central university and an IIT, besides carrying out an over 100 km railway line project in Himachal Pradesh.
"Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told me to announce a central university, an IIT (Indian Institute of Technology), over 100 km Bhanupalli-Bilaspur railway line and extending Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in remaining eight districts of Himachal Pradesh," Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram said after launching the "Aam Admi Bima Yojna" here.
The announcements come ahead of the assembly elections in the state due in February next year.
… Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh said opening up of a central university and an IIT in the state would lift the educational standards in the hill state.
"The Bhanupalli-Bilaspur broad gauge line has been a long pending demand of the state from the railways. As per the agreement, the Centre would bear 75 per cent of the cost while the remaining 25 per cent would be spent by the state," Singh said.
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