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Time of India
16-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Student hostel to be set up on LU 2nd campus
Lucknow: Lucknow University is set to expand its student accommodation facilities in a move to meet the rising demand for on-campus housing. A student hostel will be constructed on the second campus of the university along with the addition of a new floor to the existing Ganga Hostel. These upgrades are scheduled to be completed for the 2026–27 academic session. This announcement was made by dean, student welfare, VK Sharma during a recent episode of the university's official podcast 'A world for everyone', hosted by Vice-Chancellor Alok Kumar Rai. "These upcoming projects are part of a bigger plan to improve student welfare and campus facilities. With more students enrolling every year, there is a growing need for extra hostel space. Our goal is to provide students not only with a place to stay but also a comfortable and well-equipped environment that supports their academic and personal growth. A new student hostel will be built on the university's second campus, and an additional floor will be added to the existing Ganga Hostel. Both projects are expected to be completed by the 2026–27 academic session. Once the funds are secured, work on the project will begin immediately." said LU spokesperson Durgesh Srivastava.
Time of India
10-05-2025
- General
- Time of India
Deadline a month away, Ghaziabad station revamp just 25% over
Ghaziabad: Ghaziabad station's renovation has progressed only 25% since Jan 2023, making the 30-month timeline appear unrealistic. The Rs 350-crore project seeks to transform the single-storey building, spanning 1.5 lakh sqm, into a three-floor complex and add new amenities like foot overbridges, escalators, automatic ticket vending machines and multi-level parking. A 24-metre skywalk is also set to integrate the six existing platforms, in addition to two FOBs with ramps for hassle-free commute. A multi-level parking and a dedicated lane within the station premises will come up for e-buses. A signal training school and 96 railway quarters are also proposed to come far, Evanascol-Sindhuja, the executing agency, has demolished the staff quarters—Ganga Hostel, the oldest staff quarters built in 1955 to accommodate railway trainees, is being dismantled, along with Yamuna, Saraswati, and Sutlej hostels. But work on the station complex has yet to start."It is a busy station with an average daily footfall of 50,000 passengers. Over 200 trains pass through the Delhi-Howrah main line here. Redevelopment of the station building is progressing in phases and is likely to be completed by Feb 2026," an official to officials, the imposition of Graded Response Action Plan stages 3 and 4, which ban construction and demolition activities in Delhi-NCR due to poor air quality, has also slowed the work. Earlier, the project was delayed for green clearances—over 190 trees were felled for the UP is focusing on developing seamless multi-modal connections with rapid rail and metro stations, ISBTs and UP roadways buses in Ghaziabad. But the British-era station still lacks modern passenger amenities. While the station's two main entries—one from Vijay Nagar side and the other from the city side—have escalators, passengers continue to lug their luggage from one platform to the other. The station also lacks a holding area, which could be potentially risky in case of a crowd build-up. During Maha Kumbh in Feb, a huge crowd had built up on Platform No. 2 of Ghaziabad junction as two trains, reached the platform 2 within a gap of 20 minutes and yet another made an unscheduled halt on the main line, leading to a rush of people who alighted from the train and rushed towards the platform. The overcrowding came just three days after a stampede left 18 people dead at New Delhi station and triggered panic among passengers.
