IIT likely to come up in Kozhikode
The IIT sanctioned for Kerala will be set up at Kozhikode instead of Palakkad if sufficient land is available. “The district administration will start the process of scouting for the land and zeroing in on a plot only next week as it is engrossed with the Nirmal Madhav admission issue at present,” district collector P.B. Salim told this newspaper. Sources said the considerable delay in getting land in Palakkad forced the authorities to rethink.
As of now, the district authorities are considering the 400 acres of land owned by Gwalior Rayons at Mavoor near Kozhikode. The previous left democratic front government had explored the possibility of setting up the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) in this land. However, the plan never materialised.
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Centre: `120cr for bengal quake relief
AGE CORRESPONDENT
New Delhi, Oct. 12
After Sikkim, the Centre on Wednesday released `120 crores to West Bengal for relief and rehabilitation of the victims of last month’s devastating earthquake. The fund was released following a request from the state. Informing this a home ministry official said, the government approved `120.02 crores for relief and rehabilitation of quake-affected people. The amount was the second instalment of Central share of State Disaster Relief Fund (SDRF). This will be in addition to around `554.55 crores available with the state government in SDRF for relief expenditure.
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