Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT), which comes under the administrative control of agriculture department has pegged its cyclone damage at Rs 30 crore. Higher education minister Badrinarayan Patra said the government had asked the institutions to submit an estimate taking into account the damage besides funds required to lessen impact of future calamities. "The government will make a consolidated report of the entire damage and apprise the central government about it," he said.
In the worst-hit Berhampur University, the cyclone caused extensive damage to hostel buildings, administrative blocks, guesthouses, auditorium, police outpost, health centre and school inside the campus. While the varsity would need Rs 145 crore to repair the damage, it has made an estimate of another Rs 10 crore for underground cabling of electricity, telephone and internet lines as a cyclone mitigation step.
The state government on Tuesday sanctioned Rs five crore to the Berhampur varsity as an interim measure from the infrastructure development fund of the higher education department. Due to damage caused by the cyclone, the government has extended puja vacation of the campus from October 21 to November 4.
The government has calculated Utkal University's need for civil repair works and new constructions at Rs 67 crore. Besides, it has made an estimate of Rs 13 crore for underground cabling. The varsity's cyclone mitigation suggestion include a cyclone shelter (Rs 0.9 crore), a new administrative block (Rs 9.8 crore), a new academic block (Rs 6.75 crore), convocation centre (4.80 crore), two hostels (Rs 9 crore). It has asked for Rs 35 crore for repair of the walls of various buildings.
Among others, the government calculated fund needs of Rs 10 crore each for Khallikote College and SBRG Women's College in Ganjam district. Calculating its damage at Rs 30 crore, OUAT has asked the government to give Rs 26.63 crore while it would generate anther Rs 3.47 crore from its internal sources, varsity sources said.
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