Establishment of Odia University in Puri restricted to only Acquisition of Land since 3 years.
Dear friends
On the eve of General Election -2019 and as a strategy to counter Bhasa Andolan , ( a Campaign exposing anti-Odia Character of Nabin Patnaik and how Odia language is undermined and ignored by Odisha bureaucracy and demand for introduction of Odia language in every sphere of administration and penal provision for violation of the Odia Language Act ) , Chief Minister declared establishment of Odia University in Satyabadi of Puri district in 2018. All the paid news papers gave wide coverage of the news about declaration of CM for Odia University.
As part of our campaign to monitor “what Chief Minister Say and What really happens ?”, RTI Application was filed in the Department of Higher Education to find out what really happened to Odia University . The information sought for is as follows.
i. Provide head-wise details of expenses made so far against the sanctioned amount for establishment of Odia University .
ii. Provide name of the agency entrusted to execute the project and copy of agreement signed
iii. Provide copy of letter of sanctioned amount made for infrastructure development of Odia University.
On 28.4,.21, the PIO has provided the following information .
1. ( In lakhs )
|
Financial Year |
Total amount Sanctioned |
Expenditure incurred |
|
2018-19 |
Rs. 500 |
NIL |
|
2019-20 |
1200 |
1133.58 |
|
2020-21 |
1500 |
NIL |
|
|
|
|
2. No construction of the Building has started so far.
3. The Govt. has purchased only land measuring Ac 9.60 from Endowment Trust Board of Sri Sri Satyabadi Gopinath Dev , Satyabadi with payment of Rs. 11,33,58,000.00
4. No tender has been invited by Govt. for construction of infrastructure of the University.
Pradip Pradhan
M-9937843482
Date-1.5.21
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