On the first day of his ‘Seva Yatra’ in the district of Kishanganj, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday (June 3, 2012) urged Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) to start construction of its study centre this year so that academic activities could begin there. Undertaking inspection of the 224.02 acres land AMU study centre site at Kishanganj during his ‘Seva Yatra’, Kumar said he would like AMU to undertake fencing of the site handed over to it by the state government and begin construction of infrastructure.
The chief minister thanked the AMU for accepting the state government's proposal to set up its study centre at Kishanganj in view of the backwardness of the region as far as the availability of academic infrastructure was concerned. Now that various formalities related to the centre has been completed, it was for the AMU administration to fulfill its obligation and construct buildings and related infrastructure so that the bright students of the minority community could pursue higher education, he said. The AMU study centre will prove to be an ideal higher education destination for the students of the minority community of not only Kishanganj district, but of the entire state, Kumar said.
It should be noted that the matter of AMU study centre in Kishanganj is pending with the Congress led UPA government at the Centre. The centre has got approval from President of India in the month of May. Now the AMU study centre requires a token grant of Rs. 50 Crore from the Ministry of Finance (MoF) for the start of session from this year. Nitish Kumar should also approach to Ministry of Finance at the Centre to immediate grant of Rs. 50 crore so that the session can begin for this year.
