India to construct new Agriculture and Engineering Faculty for Jaffna University

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India to construct new Agriculture and Engineering Faculty for Jaffna University
The Indian Government has consented to construct an Agriculture and Engineering faculty equipped with hi-tech laboratories for the Jaffna University on a 300-acre site in Ariviyal, in the Kilinochchi District, Minister of Higher Education S. B. Dissanayake said on Sunday, 29th August, at the Jaffna University.
Minister S.B Diaasanayaka who had a series of discussions at the Jaffna University last Sunday, is to visit the site at Ariviyal Nagar, 7 km from the Kilinochchi town, today, 31st August. Chairman of the University Grants Commission (UGC) Prof. Gamini Samaranayake, Governor of the Northern Province Maj Gen (Retd) G. A. Chandrasiri, Vice Chancellor of the Jaffna University Prof. N. Shanmugalingam and District Secretary for Kilinochchi Rupawathi Ketheeswaran are expected to be present in Ariviyal.
During his visit on Sunday, Minister Dissanayake laid the foundation stone at the Jaffna Campus to construct the Allied Health Science Faculty at a cost of rupees 30 million. Further, it is scheduled to distribute a financial grant for the welfare of around 350 Jaffna University students, during his visit. Students who released from the rehabilitation centers and others from IDP camps will receive financial grant, an official said.
The Minister is scheduled to visit the university Hostel in the Jaffna town constructed by the Kuwaiti government following the Tsunami disaster.
The Minister is to conclude his four-day visit to the Jaffna Campus by visiting the faculties of Applied Sciences and Business Studies to speak to the 400 or more students at the Vavuniya University.