Bharathidasan University in Tiruchi spent ₹4.94 crore on the construction of its Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Career Hub (EICH) building and auditorium, which did not even have basic electrical fittings and seating arrangements.
A physical verification showed that “cracks have developed near the joints of the building even before the installation of the building”, an audit report of the Office of the Principal Accountant-General (Audit-I), Tamil Nadu, has pointed out.
The report, dated September 26, 2023, reveals that the university made serious compromises in the quality of construction. In January 2020, the university syndicate decided to construct the EICH building at an estimated cost of ₹4 crore, as approved by the building committee. The Chief Engineer, Technical Education Circle, Public Works Department (PWD), Chennai, subsequently accorded technical sanction.
