Three premier institutes to be set up in Tirupati
CHITTOOR: Three prestigious education institutions are likely to be added to the district to turn it into a knowledge hub.
Post bifurcation, the Centre, which has proposed to make Tirupati a knowledge hub, had asked the State government to provide at least 1,000 acre land to set up the three institutions and the land for these had been identified by the authorities.
The three premier institutes include an IIT, Central University and the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) and the Centre had asked the State government to identify land for setting up them in the district.
Chittoor district collector K Ramgopal said, 'The Centre want 300 acres to set up an IIT, 500 acres for Central University and another 200 acres for setting up the IISER near Tirupati.
We had identified the necessary land in Renigunta, Srikalahasti and Erpedu mandals and have sent a report to the government as well.'
The administration had selected large tracts of assigned land for the purpose as it would be easy to acquire it and hand over the same to the authorities concerned, if the identified land is selected for setting up the institute.
It has also decided not to include any of the endowments land in the proposed land as the High Court had already ruled not to touch endowments land. To give endowments lands, we need permission of the Court, he said.
Meanwhile, the state government too had sent the proposals to the concerned authorities. Officials concerned with each institute will send a separate site selection committee, which will decide about the viability of the identified land to set up the institute at that place, Ramgopal said.
Some of the factors that the Centre would be looking into while identifying land for setting up the institutes would be its connectivity -- both road and air -- and also the social life and social infrastructure there, Ramgopal said.
The identified lands would be near to the highway and all the three mandals, and should be easily accessible to Renigunta airport, which is on the outskirts of Tirupati, the Collector said.
District officials are hoping that the officials concerned would be visiting the district and inspecting the identified lands soon. If they are not satisfied with the identified lands, they might seek alternate lands, officials said.
News Posted: 3 July, 2014
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