Excelsior Correspondent
GANDERBAL, May 21: The 31st Meeting of the University Building Committee (UBC) of the Central University of Kashmir (CUK) was held with Vice Chancellor, Prof Farooq Ahmad Shah in chair, at the varsity’s Tulmulla Campus here today.
Addressing the participants comprising, Technical Committee Members, senior functionaries of various administrative departments of Ganderbal and representatives of different construction agencies, Vice Chancellor, Prof Farooq Ahmad Shah, said the Pre-Engineered Building (PEB-I) at Tulmulla is nearing its completion and would be handed over to the varsity by the executing agency NBCC very soon. “The university will shift several departments to the PEB-I at designated campus immediately after getting its possession,” he said.
Prof Shah said the members of the expert Technical Committee, constituted by the Ministry of Education, Government of India, and headed by Prof K S Rao, visited the university site yesterday, to oversee the ongoing geo-technical investigation.
Speaking on the occasion, Prof K S Rao, said the primary objectives of conducting the detailed Geo-Physical and Geo-Technical investigations were to suggest measures to reduce the foundation cost of the buildings and make it financially viable. “In addition to the aforementioned investigations, the Committee will go through the soil testing reports and other required parameters for building construction, before suggesting the ways for making sustainable foundation,” he said, adding that as the Kashmir valley falls in seismic zone-V and hence due and utmost care would be taken to make the foundations strong and resistant to the earthquakes.
Prof Rao, said the water bodies at the university site, which are a great attribute of the campus, will be channelised appropriately, to beautify the varsity. He assured the Vice Chancellor and the participants that the comprehensive final report would be submitted to the Ministry at an earliest so that construction on the campus starts immediately.
Earlier, Registrar , Prof M Afzal Zargar took up the agenda items and informed that more than 3500 students and scholars are pursuing education in different programmes offered by the varsity. He added that the work on the university township for the staff and students at Watlar Ganderbal would be started with CPWD very soon.
During the meeting, several important decisions were made, with regard to the constructions. Finance Officer, Prof Fayaz Ahmad Nikka proposed the vote of thanks.
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