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Rs 12.60 billion allocated for developing universities
« on: September 17, 2008, 03:28:02 PM »
Rs12b for Sindh universities
Rs 12.60 billion allocated for developing universities


Karachi, Sep 17: At the inauguration of three new buildings at NED University of Engineering and Technology, Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan revealed that Rs 12.60 billion is being spent on 96 university development projects in Sindh.
Dr Ibad stated that even though the financial crisis in the country has affected the development of higher education institutes, the government is trying its best not to upset university development projects. He added that funds would be suspended temporarily at the most and the flow would resume when the country's economic condition gets better.
The government is committed to developing all universities in the province, including the University of Sindh, where projects worth Rs 1.3 billion are being undertaken.
Out of the funds for NED, Rs 3 billion was spent on upgrading and constructing new departments on campus. Around 60 percent of the work is complete and the buildings inaugurated will accommodate the new Urban and Infrastructure Engineering Department (UIE), the university's Medical Unit and Foreign Faculty Section, which will house teachers and students who visit.
These additions bring the total number of departments to 19. Suhail Ahmed, assistant to the UIE department's chairmen, stated that it was separated from the department of Civil Engineering as urban and town planning explores a broad range of construction and social environment aspects that need to be placed in a separate field of study. "The purpose of the separation is to produce experts in the field of urban planning and infrastructure engineering," said Ahmed.
Urban planning also focuses on restoring inner city areas by adapting modern planning methods to cities with long-term infrastructure decay. Daily Times
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