Education
Delhi Metro seeks books for needy children
New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) Delhi Metro has launched a ‘Daan Utsav’ to encourage people to donate books and stationary to help needy children, it was announced on Wednesday.
The week-long will end on October 8 during which kiosks at Vishvavidyalaya, Rohini West, Dwarka Sector-21, Noida City Centre, Sarita Vihar (Thursday), Vaishali, Kashmere Gate, Central Secretariat, HUDA City Centre and Rajiv Chowk stations will accept the donations.
“Commuters are encouraged to donate books and stationery at the kiosks,” the Delhi Metro Rail Corp (DMRC) said in a statement.
A volunteer for NGO ‘Guzarish’ told IANS at the Rajiv Chowk station that the donated books will be exchanged at Nai Sarak in old Delhi for school textbooks and distributed among the needy children.
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Education
As many as six new nursing colleges to be functional in Haryana soon
Haryana Chief Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal shared that the construction work of six nursing colleges in the state will be completed soon and classes will commence in the month of July. Not only this, the new building of the National Institute of Fashion Technology, Panchkula has also completed its construction work.
Adding on to this, he shared that, till now, the classes are being held in another building, the chief secretary said while presiding over the review meeting of development projects worth more than Rs 100 crore here.
CHIEF SECRETARY REVIEWED MAJOR PROJECTS
The Chief Secretary reviewed several major projects, including power, health, medical, and technical education in the state, and directed the concerned officials to complete them within the stipulated time period.
COLLEGES UNDER CONSTRUCTION
He said that the construction of nursing colleges in Dherdu village of Kaithal, Khedi Ram Nagar village of Kurukshetra, Kheranwali village of Panchkula, Aura and Dayalpur village of Faridabad, and Sadatpur village of Rewari is under construction.
The construction work of Medical college in Koriawas in Narnaul, Medical College at Jind, Bhiwani, and Dental College at Nalhar is being completed at a fast pace. The work of the second phase of Kalpana Chawla Medical College is also undergoing.