Base laid for NE students’ hostel at JNU

SHILLONG: JNU on Monday initiated the work on a new hostel on the campus which will accommodate over 400 students, both male and female.
This will be known as “Barak Hostel,” commemorating the River Barak in the North East region of India.
An NEC statement said that Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State in charge DoNER and Chairman, NEC, laid the foundation stone for the hostel which will have five floors. Apart from the student rooms, the hostel will have all the required facilities, such as hostel offices, dining hall, common room and other facilities for students.
Rana Pratap Singh, Rector-III, JNU, thanked the Centre for the initiative.
The Vice Chancellor, M Jagadesh Kumar said he was delighted that the Central government was helping JNU to build this hostel in JNU. Jitendra Singh said: “To have a special hostel for the North East region is to bring the beauty and richness and wisdom of the region” He added that North East is one of the fastest growing regions of India where the growth rate is nearly 20 per cent.”
Secretary DoNER, Naveen Verma said that the decision to build the hostel was taken with a great speed in the ministry.
The hostel will cost around Rs 29 crore
Secretary NEC, Ram Muivah also extended his support for the speedy construction of the hostel.
Five Members of Parliament of the North Eastern region were also present on the occasion.