AMU to get own building this year

MALAPPURAM: The Aligarh Muslim University's south India campus at Malappuram, which was struggling to find its feet for last five years, is going to have its permanent building this year.
Chief minister Oommen chandy laid the foundation stone for the first academic building of the campus on Tuesday. It was almost five years ago that the campus started functioning in Perinthalmanna with a vision to become an independent University with all academic facilities available on the main campus of AMU by 2020.But the construction of a permanent building and even the regularization of teaching and non-teaching staff were delayed due to various reasons.
Speaking at the function, vice-chancellor of AMU Sameerudheen Shah said that construction of academic block would be completed within a year and new courses would commence in the next academic year.
Chief minister said that the state government will give all support to complete the development works on campus in time. He also asked the AMU authorities to take steps to start the proposed school on the campus as early as possible.
Education minister P K Abdurabb inaugurated free Wifi facility on campus. Urban affairs minister Manjalam Kuzhi ali inaugurated the biodiversity conversion project on the campus.
The centre is now functioning in 343 acres area in Chelamala near Perinthalmanna town. BA, LLB and BEd classes are at present being held at temporary buildings on the campus.
Three six-storeyed buildings would be constructed as part of the development work. The expected cost of the first phase construction work of permanent building for the centre is around Rs 95 crore. The director of the centre A H Abdul Azees said that the work of academic block would be completed first and Rs 28 crore has already been sanctioned for this.