The Delhi Government has approved the proposal for construction of integrated campus of GB Pant Engineering College and Polytechnic at Okhla Industrial Estate at an estimated cost of Rs 526.66 crore.

The decision was taken in a meeting of Delhi Cabinet chaired by the Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. The Cabinet accorded its administrative approval and expenditure sanction to the ‘Department of Training and Technical Education’ to go-ahead with the project. 

Presently, GB Pant Polytechnic is functioning in an old building since 1961 and G B Pant Engineering College is functioning in old hostel buildings of G B Pant Polytechnic at Okhla Industrial Estate Phase- III with poor infrastructure facilities, which is not sufficient for any educational institution, a government statement stated.

“The preliminary estimate which has been framed by the Public Works Department (PWD) in consultation with the college authorities and officers of Department of Training and Technical Education, was also considered positively by Finance and Planning Departments for placing the same before the Cabinet for approval,” it said.

 Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Friday chaired a meeting of the Expenditure Finance Committee (EFC), which was attended by the PWD & Health Minister Satyendar Jain and other senior officials of the government.

In the meeting, the proposal was decided to construct a smart class rooms in NSUT (Netaji Subhas University of Technology) Campus, Sector-3 Dwarka at an estimated cost of Rs 26.79 crore.

The Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology became Netaji Subhas University of Technology on September 26, 2018 to cater to the increased demand of students.