Education ministry to review delays in IIT projects tomorrow

The meeting convened to resolve issues reportedly delaying the construction of IIT projects will be chaired by the secretary of department of higher education.  

The Ministry of Education will convene a meeting with the heads of infrastructure development agencies under the Central Public Works Department of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs and National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC) to review various projects of Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and resolve issues reportedly delaying the construction.  

As per a report published in The New Indian Express, the review meeting, which is scheduled to be held on Wednesday, will be chaired by the secretary of department of higher education. The Director general of Central Work Public Department and the Chairman and Managing Director of National Building Construction Corporation Limited are expected to attend the meeting.  

The officers familiar to the project will also remain present. The Directors of IITs will join the meeting. 
Following the meeting notice, the CPWD has sought a status report of the projects; progress so far, brief about the work, and deadlines for completion of the work from the special director general (SDG) and additional director general (ADG) looking after the projects of IITs, Indian School of Mines and Banaras Hindu University (BHU).  

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