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| Is JK Govt mocking at higher education for women? | | Construction of Girls Hostels in Degree College foiled despite 100 % availability of funds | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 17: In a bid to ensure larger enrolment of women in availing higher education in Jammu and Kashmir, the GOI had sanctioned more than Rs 50 crores for the construction of girls’ hostel in degree colleges.
However, to date, the project remains in limbo with no completion date insight. As per the official documents in possession of Early Times, the Department of Higher Education, Government of Jammu &Kashmir submitted a proposal in October 2016 for the Construction of SevenGirls Hostels in Government Degree Colleges (GDCs). Government Degree Colleges(i) Paloura (Jammu), (ii) Rajouri, (iii) Bhaderwah (initially approved for Thatri-Doda), (iv) Bemina (Srinagar), (v) Kargil, (vi) Pulwama, and (vii) Kupwara. This was approved in March 2017 under the Prime Minister’s Development Package (PMDP) by the Government of India (GoI) for a total project cost of Rs 50 crore. The works of the project were technically vetted by the Development Commissioner (Works) for Rs 48.41 crore and the period for completion was eight months in February 2018 from the date of issue of authorization order.
The assistance from the GoI, through the University Grants Commission (UGC) was 100 per cent of the approved cost, subject to the condition that expenditure over and above the allocation by UGC was to be met by the Institutions from their own resources. Out of the seven Girls Hostels to be constructed, five Girls Hostels in GDCs-Government Degree Colleges (i) Paloura (Jammu), (ii) Rajouri, (iii) Bhaderwah, (iv) Bemina (Srinagar) and (v) Kargil (Ladakh) were selected for the scrutiny by the government of India. As seen from the records, out of the five checked Girls Hostels in GDCs where the construction of Hostels was proposed, work of construction of three6 Girls Hostels was at different stages. In the remaining two Girls Hostels, work had been stopped at the plinth level due to lack of specific experience of the executing agencies as well as the know-how of the new technology being adopted despite incurring an expenditure of Rs 3.01crore. None of the Girls Hostels were complete in any manner. Furthermore, out of the sanctioned cost of Rs 50 crore, an amount of Rs 23.75 crore was released in July 2017 to October 2018 by the UGC directly into the Bank accounts of the seven GDCs who in turn released Rs 10.22 crore to the construction agencies- J&K Housing Board (six colleges): Rs 9.06 crore; JKPHC (one college): Rs 1.16 crore During the period 2019-20 and 2020-21, an amount of Rs 9 crore was further released by the UGC into the Bank accounts of three GDCs which in turn released Rs 11.59 crore to the construction agencies. The balance funds of Rs 12 crore remained with the colleges as per the official records. |
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