Leader of Opposition in Uttarakhand Yashpal Arya on Tuesday opposed the allotment of an inter-college land in the name of prominent freedom fighter for setting up an engineering college campus, and wrote to Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami seeking his intervention in the matter. .
Arya has requested the Chief Minister to ensure that the land of Krishna Nand Upreti Government Inter College is not given to any other institution and directed the officials to maintain this “legacy” of Pithoragarh city in the 75th year of India’s independence. have been given. Earlier, Congress MLA from Pithoragarh seat Mayukh Mahar, Pithoragarh district panchayat president Deepika Bohra and over 15 neighboring gram panchayats have opposed allotment of inter college land in the premises of a Seema engineering college in the name of freedom fighter Krishna Nand Upreti. .
Panchayat representatives also wrote a letter to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and union education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to apprise the matter. Upreti’s grandson Rajesh Mohan Upreti narrates how the late freedom fighter after whom the college was named worked hard to collect a contribution of Rs 6,000 from the merchants of Pithoragarh settled in Myanmar to establish the first high school in the area. Had it. His grandson said, “Establishment of an engineering college campus on inter-college land would amount to showing disrespect to the contribution of the famous freedom fighter.”
Chief Education Officer Ashok Kumar Jukaria told that the District Magistrate of Pithoragarh has sent a proposal to the State Government to give 2.15 acres of Engineering College out of the total 9.25 acres available with KN Upreti Government Inter College for campus construction. However, the proposal is awaiting the approval of the state government. Villagers opposing the proposal said that the state government has already sanctioned 4.2 hectares of land in Maddhura village for the proposed engineering college campus and spent Rs 1,419.25 lakh on it.
Janardan Upreti, a resident of Hureti village, said, “If funds are sanctioned once again for the construction of the engineering college campus on the land of KN Upreti Inter College, it will be a misuse of public funds.” However, the district administration said that Madura village is located in a forest about 5 km from the city and it would not be practical for girl students to go to college, especially. Pithoragarh District Magistrate Ashish Chauhan said, “The proposal for construction of engineering college on a suitable land inside the city came only from the parents and guardians of the students.”
However, Govind Singh Pokhara, principal of KN Upreti Inter College, said that the college has enough land for its purposes and even if 2.15 acres is given for the construction of the engineering college campus, it will not make any difference. “Even otherwise, the proposed inter-college land portion for the construction of the engineering college campus is of no use to us,” Pokhara said.
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