BeyondHeadlines News Desk
Smt. Sonia Gandhi, Chairperson of the United Progressive Alliance, will be visiting Jamia Millia Islamia in the evening on 14th May 2013 to lay the foundation stone of a girls hostel on campus.
Recently, the university had received a grant of Rs.26 Crores under the General Development Scheme of the XIIth Plan for the purpose of building a girls hostel on campus, which was made possible by her active intervention.
Once built, the hostel will be able to accommodate 400 more girl students on campus. Besides triple bedded rooms for students, the hostel will also have other facilities such as a sick room, gymnasium, dining hall, reading area, washing area, multi-purpose function hall, recreational open spaces and lawns, etc.
On the 14th of May, Smt. Sonia Gandhi will be visiting the Jamia campus to unveil the plaque of the new girls hostel and will address the Jamia fraternity. She will be formally welcomed by the Jamia Millia Islamia Vice Chancellor, Mr. Najeeb Jung.
