Latest news with #BuildingConstructionDepartment
Time of India
23-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
CM lays foundation for biggest tribal boys' hostel
1 2 Ranchi: Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren on Thursday laid the foundation stone for a 520-bed multi-storey boys' hostel at the Adivasi Hostel Campus in Karamtoli. The Rs 26.24-crore project, to be executed by the Building Construction Department (BCD), will be one of the biggest with an aim to provide free, quality residential facilities for Scheduled Tribe (ST) students pursuing higher education in the state capital. The hostel will have a total of 520 beds, with 40 accommodations on the first floor and the remaining spread across six upper floors. According to officials, the construction will begin next week and is expected to be completed by 2027. Alongside this project, three more hostels, including a 528-bedded girls' hostel, are in the pipeline, with only one witnessing today's bhumi pujan. "This vision is finally taking shape. We want to ensure every child from tribal and marginalised communities gets the right environment to study and succeed. From school to competitive exams, medical, engineering, and law, the state govt is supporting students at every level," the CM said. BCD secretary Arava Rajkamal said, "This project reflects our commitment to inclusive and future-ready infrastructure. The boys' hostel will be a G+6 structure with 520 beds, equipped with two 8-passenger lifts, fire safety systems, modern sanitation facilities, and study-focused amenities. From deep borewells and septic tanks to well-ventilated rooms and terrazzo-tiled roads, every detail has been planned to ensure that tribal students have a safe, dignified, and conducive environment to pursue their education. " "I stay in a govt hostel and prepare for UPSC. The hostel gives me a safe place to live and study without worrying about food or rent. With the new facilities coming up, students like me will get even better opportunities," Ramesh Horo, a student from Gumla preparing for civil services, said. "Meals will be served free in hostels now. We want students to focus on their studies and push Jharkhand forward," welfare minister Chamra Linda said. He also confirmed that separate hostels for boys and girls will be built in both Ranchi and Palamu. "In Ranchi district alone, the welfare department is currently operating 64 hostels to support students from marginalised communities. These include 42 for ST students, six for SC, four for BC, and 12 for minorities. Of these, 40 are boys' hostels and 24 are for girls," said Ranchi DC Manjunath Bhajantri. The CM also reiterated the govt's plan to establish Dr B R Ambedkar libraries in every district, aiming to create academic spaces across the state.
Time of India
12-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Soon, a J'khand Bhavan in Puri
Ranchi: Jharkhand govt will build a guest house in Puri in Odisha to extend accommodation facilities for visitors from the state. The new facility will come up over a 35-decimal plot at Balukhand, near Konark Wildlife Sanctuary and eight kilometres from Jagannath Temple, officials here state Building Construction Department (BCD) has floated an e-tender to appoint a consultancy firm for the preparing a detailed project report (DPR) and project management consultancy (PMC) firm for the project. A BCD notice states that bids can submitted online until May 26.A pre-bid meeting is scheduled for May 19, where consultancy firms will present their concept proposals and architectural drawings. "We are expecting reputed firms to showcase their designs and execution plans. One firm will be selected based on their presentation and technical expertise," said Manoj Kumar, executive engineer of the said the firm will be required to prepare the DRP within a month as the department aims to begin construction later this year. "Once the DPR is ready, construction will start without delay," he it has not yet been decided whether the upcoming guesthouse will be reserved for govt dignitaries only or made accessible to the public. "That decision is still under discussion and will be taken at a later stage," Kumar from this upcoming project, Jharkhand already has two guesthouses in New Delhi. The one at Vasant Vihar, built nearly a decade ago, is expected to be opened to the public soon. Chief minister Hemant Soren inaugurated a swanky new Jharkhand Bhawan in New Delhi's Bangla Sahib Road in September last year. That apart, plans are afoot to set up another Jharkhand Bhawan in Mumbai.
