MAUU regional centre for Nuh

CHANDIGARH, Oct 25 A regional centre of Maulana Azad Urdu University would be set up at Nuh in Haryana and a massive programme of road development involving an investment of Rs 300 crore would be launched in Mewat shortly.
This was revealed at the inaugural function of a two-day national seminar on Haryana's contribution in struggle for freedom of 1857 organised at Nuh in district Mewat today.
Speaking on the occasion, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said that 18 acres of land would be provided to set up the regional centre near village Palla for which the Gram Panchayat has passed a resolution. This regional centre would have an ITI, polytechnic, senior secondary school, girls college and a B.Ed.
college.
Mr. Hooda said that he would accompany the Union Urban Development
Minister, S.Jaipal Reddy to Nuh on November 3 when a Rs 300 crore road development programme would be launched and it would include the four laning of Nuh-Alwar state highway.
He said that 250 villages of the area would get supply of drinking water at a cost of Rs 158 crore by December next under Rajiv Gandhi Drinking Water Scheme. As many as 145 schools have been upgraded in Mewat. Those teachers who would be appointed in Mewat would not be transferred to other areas of the State and a separate cadre would be made for teachers on the pattern of doctors. He said that 50 per cent of the seats in polytechnics and ITIs of Mewat have been reserved for
the people of Mewat. A Rs 300 crore Mewat canal scheme has been forwarded to the Central Government for its approval.
While paying rich tributes to freedom fighters, he said that first of
all the struggle for freedom of 1857 had started at Ambala Cantt. and after nine hours on May 10, 1857 it spread to Meerut Cantt. Thereafter, it spread to other areas in the country and parts of Haryana including Ambala, Rohtak, Hisar, Rewari, Sonepat, Panipat, Gurgaon, Hansi and Sirsa.
Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Mr. M.A.
Fatmi said that a committee had been constituted under his chairmanship by the Central Government which has formulated an action plan suggesting measures for the welfare of Muslim committee. Its report had been submitted to the Central Government suggesting that more schools and colleges should be opened to promote education
amongst Muslims. The Central Government has provided Rs 500 crore to the Maulana Azad Urdu University for the purpose. A regional centre of this University would be set up at Nuh.
Others who also spoke on the occasion included MP, Mr. Avtar Badana,Chief of the Jamat-e-Ulma-e-Hind, Mr. Arshad Madni and MLA Mr. Habib-ur-Rehman and Mr. Zakir Hussain. A number of scholars are participating in the seminar.