Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said that the State government will allocate ₹30 crore to the University of Calicut to construct a new academic block, and a compound wall around the campus.
Mr. Vijayan said this when Vice-Chancellor M.K. Jayaraj and Syndicate members visited him in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday, a release said.
The funds for the construction would be set aside from the compensation to be released to the university for giving away land for national highway widening. The authorities told the Chief Minister that security was at stake at the university as there was no compound wall around the campus. Anti-social elements were found to be dumping waste there. The government also decided to release another ₹13 crore for setting up a multi-disciplinary museum at the university. A sum of ₹2 crore would be set aside to set up a campus park where students can join for internship.
