New Hostel at JNU to Allot 75% Rooms to North East Students

Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) will soon be introducing its new hostel at the university campus. It has been announced that 75% of the rooms in the new hostel will be allotted to students coming from the north-east region of the country.

The announcement was made on July 24, 2017, by the Union Minister of State for the Development of North East India Jitendra Singh. He laid down the foundation stone for the new hostel that will be called Barak Hostel after the Barak River in the north-east.

Although the construction of the hostel has been pending for up to three years, the minister said that the hostel will most likely be operational after 20 months. The estimated cost of building the hostel will sum up to Rs. 29 crore.

It will comprise five floors and will accommodate up to 400 students including both boys and girls. Inaugurating the construction site, Singh said that there is a lot that one can learn from the people of north-east India.

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He further added that the students of the north-east region are taking admissions in various institutes of Delhi, making them culturally rich regionally diverse.

Singh also stated that the women of the seven north-eastern states are inspiring and understand the importance of empowerment. He said that women of other states can learn from them as they have to struggle a lot regarding the same.

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Amongst the prominent personalities present during the ceremony were JNU Vice-Chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar, Secretary of DoNER, five MPs from the region as well as the Secretary of the North Eastern Council.