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Jamia Millia Islamia to build hostel for Kashmiri students
Thursday February 09, 2012 07:27:29 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi:
The Jamia Millia Islamia is building a hostel for students from
Jammu and Kashmir as part of confidence building measures for the
people from the troubled-state.
An agreement regarding this was signed Thursday between the home
ministry, the state government and the university, according to an
official statement.
Built at the cost of Rs.16.22 crore, the hostel facility will
accommodate 400 students of the university and its affiliated
colleges and schools.
Jamia Millia has agreed to provide land for the proposed hostel to
be built within the university campus.
Building funds will be released in instalments by the state
government to the university. The amount will be reimbursed by the
home ministry, according to the accord signed in the presence of
Home Minister P. Chidambaram.
Chidambaram said, "This is a very positive for providing higher
education to students of Jammu and Kashmir", and congratulated
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and university vice chancellor Najeeb
Jung for coming together for this project.
Abdullah said the hostel will provide accommodation and also
further integration of the students from Jammu and Kashmir.
A home ministry spokesperson said the agreement "is part of the
initiatives taken by the government to enhance confidence building
measures for the people" of the state.
"It was felt that the students from the state find it difficult to
get accommodation in the campus hostel and the adjoining areas. In
order to overcome this problem of the students from Kashmir, the
project was envisaged."
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