By Our Reporter
SHILLONG: The Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) has awarded the contract for construction of the permanent campus of the National Institute of Technology (NIT) in Meghalaya to the Central Public Works Department (CPWD).
“The CPWD is expected to start construction of the permanent campus shortly,” a senior government official said here on Wednesday. Informing that the Union HRD Ministry has sanctioned an amount of Rs 180 crore for construction of the permanent campus, the official said the fund has been awarded for development of various infrastructures and construction of the retaining wall all along the 200 acres of land at Saitsohpen village in Sohra where the permanent campus would come up.
The official, however, informed that no deadline has been set for constructing of the permanent campus.
“We are committed to complete the construction at the earliest,” he said, while adding that until the permanent campus is ready the State NIT will continue to function from NIT Surat.