Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation (HIDCO) will construct the proposed Biswa Bangla Viswavidyalaya in Santiniketan.
The money to set up the university will be provided by the state Higher Education department.
The board of HIDCO met on Tuesday to discuss the matter. The engineers and senior officials of HIDCO, including its chairman Debashis Sen, will visit the site on June 3, when the state Fisheries minister Chandranath Sinha will also be present.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had announced the plans to set up the Biswa Bangla Viswavidyalaya at the conference of the teachers of different colleges held at Netaji Indoor Stadium on December 7, 2016. Besides the vice -chancellors of different universities, the state Education minister Partha Chatterjee was also present. The Chief Minister visited the site along with the state Urban Development minister Firhad Hakim and Chandranath Sinha. HIDCO officials were also present during the site selection exercise.
HIDCO will now prepare a Detailed Project Report (DPR) and calculate the estimated cost of the project. The university will have administrative buildings, academic buildings and a state-of-the-art library with modern facilities. The shape of the buildings will be such that it will combine tradition with modernity. HIDCO will design the university, making it aesthetically pleasing.
The university is coming up near the Gitabitan township which is being built on a 127-acre land. HIDCO will construct the infrastructure that will include water supply lines and power connection up to the boundary walls of the township. It may be mentioned that the state government has prepared a township policy.
There will be individual plots measuring around four to six cottahs as well as group houses. The individual house owners will be given the sanctioned plan along with the allotment of plots. If the plot owners agree, then HIDCO will help them to construct the structure. There will be a kitchen and a dining hall on the ground floor and bedrooms on the first floor. There will be a small lawn in front of the houses. Landscaping will be done meticulously, keeping in mind the rich culture and heritage of the area.