Space crunch hits agro polytechnic in Balangir

By-Avinash Mohanty
BALANGIR: The Balangir agro polytechnic centre has been going through a troublesome time to complete its degree curriculum bereft of classrooms and laboratory.

Since its inception, the four-year-old agriculture degree institute has been operating with just one school room for 40 scholars in two batches. One further school room and a well-equipped laboratory is the longstanding call for of the folks of Balangir.

It is the one agricultural schooling institute in the district. It has effectively skilled two batches of agriculture professionals and positioned them properly in several organizations all over ultimate academic sessions. "The present infrastructure is insufficient to accommodate trainees and imparting education smoothly," mentioned a teacher. The polytechnic centre is without doubt one of the 10 centres run by OUAT with an purpose to offer professional schooling (degree) in agriculture and allied sectors. The centre has two separate hostels for boys and girls with 30 beds each and every, one administrative construction and a school room.

Official sources mentioned the school contributors have to show simultaneously two different topics to 2 different batches in the one school room. There isn't any laboratory to hold out sensible study.

An agro polytechnic reputable mentioned the director of bodily plants (DPP), the engineering division which develops infrastructure for OUAT, built an additional school room over the previous construction in 2016. It is the obligation of the DPP handy over the construction to the polytechnic in whole form. "But now the building is in the possession of the contract agency, which is yet to hand over the classroom to the polytechnic," mentioned an reputable source.


A DPP reputable mentioned consistent with the norms the contract company is responsible handy over the construction to the person group during the engineer in-charge of DPP at the time of cost of the general bill amount.


"The DPP is neither paying the final bill nor taking over of the building. Hence it compels me to lock the building so that all the fittings will be in good condition at the time of handover," mentioned Bikram Kumbhar, contractor.


"I am recently deputed to DPP office after the incumbent was suspended. This matter is not in my knowledge. I will look into the matter and solve it at the earliest," mentioned Sachikanta Acharya, sub-divisional officer, DPP.


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