Revised DPR not sent to govt in last one year.

The proposed medical college of the Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya (DAVV) is in a limbo again, thanks to the university that could not send a revised detailed project report (DPR) to the State Government in the past one year.

The government last year had returned the DPR sent by the university stating that it was based on setting up medical college in rural area but the proposed site comes under urban area. The government had sought a revised DPR from the university which it could not send till date.

The delay has raised question on the DAVV's intention of setting up the medical college, once an ambitious project of the university.

Former Executive Council member of DAVV, Dr Sunanda Jain who during her tenure expedited the project doubted that the university was serious on the medical college issue.

'The who's who of the university always put the project on back burner citing monetary issues. Funds will not be a problem if the college is setup under PPP model. There can be many excuses if one decides not to implement any project,' she said.

The proposed site for the medical college project is located in Bada Bangarda village. When the land for the college was approved about 15 years ago, it was under the rural area. But after the Supper Corridor came up near Bada Bangarda, the land allocated for the medical college came under the purview of urban area.

Citing this fact, the government had returned the DPR of the DAVV, which proposed to setup medical college on 30 acres land in rural area.

An officer of the DAVV wishing anonymity said that they would soon take advice from a consultant for preparing the revised DPR and subsequently send the same to the government.

It is to be noted that the government had allotted 50 acres land to the DAVV in 2000 for its proposed medical college but no progress could be made due to lack of fund. In 2012, the district administration took back possession of half of the land and also threatened to take the remaining portion if the DAVV would not clear its intention whether to set up the medical college.

After many rounds of talk, the district administration agreed to give 30 acres land for the college.

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