Chief Minister, Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu urged the Union Education Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan to start the construction work of Central University Campus as the process of land transfer has already been completed.
He met the Union Minister on Thursday evening. The Union Minister assured that soon the foundation stone for construction of Central University will be laid and construction work started.
Chief Minister also urged for raise in funds for centrally sponsored schemes, so that the pace of development could be accelerated. The Chief Minister also advocated for financial assistance with respect to residential model schools besides strengthening the overall educational infrastructure.
Chief Parliamentary Secretary, Sanjay Awasthi, Vice Chairman, State Tourism Development Board, R.S Bali, MLA, Kewal Singh Pathania, Political Adviser to Chief Minister, Sunil Sharma, Advocate General, Anup Rattan, Resident Commissioner, Meera Mohanty, Principal Private Secretary to Chief Minister, Vivek Bhatia were also present on the occasion.