Chief Whip of Lok Sabha & Member of Parliament Anurag Thakur has always been at the forefront in raising his voice in the Parliament for the benefit of the State. Today in the lower house of the Parliament, Anurag Thakur raised a question during the question hour to Ministry of Human Resource Development Prakash Javadekar on the timeline as to by when the Central University at Dehra will be established.Commenting during the question hour, Anurag Thakur said, “Despite all the clearances, NOCs received for 81.79 hectare of land in Dehra, Central University has still not been established. The root cause of the delay has been caused due to negligence of the previous State Congress Government who delayed the process for reasons best known to them. However, now with all the clearances in place, I request the Hon’ble Minister to apprise on the reason for delay.”In reply to his question, the minister said, “At the time when both the campuses at Dehra and Dharamshala were decided to be established, I was the Environment minister. The permission was duly granted, however, despite the permission being granted, the then Congress State Government didn’t send the NOC that caused this delay. But now with the progress, the CAMPA funds too have been deposited, the project has reached its culmination and soon the foundation stone will be laid.”
For over 10 years, Anurag Thakur has been leading the crusade for nurturing the youth by providing them with quality education & thus making all possible efforts towards establishment of Central University. Recently, the 70% complex of Central University at Dehra received final forest clearance from Ministry of Environment, Government of India.Right from 2009, post announcement of Central University project, efforts were made to ensure the process gets expedited. It was during the tenure of the then BJP Government led by Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal that a high powered committee of Central Government was constituted for selection of sites for Central University in district Kangra, in 2010. It was on the basis of the recommendation of this high-powered committee that the then Central Government decided to have two complexes, 70% at Dehra and 30% at Dharamshala. This decision was endorsed by another high-powered committee in September 2016. The then BJP Government accordingly moved proposals for clearance of forest land at Dehra and Dharamshala.However, the then Congress Government in the State the proposal did not pursue the matter. But given to continuous efforts of Anurag Thakur and multiple round of meetings with concerned authorities on 27 August 2015 post meeting the then Environment and Forest Minister Prakash Javadekar, the in-principal approval for forest clearance of land at Dehra was accorded.