Foundation stone laid for hostels of 1,300 beds capacity at NIT Jamshedpur

JAMSHEDPUR: The foundation stone for two hostels of 1,300 beds capacity at NIT-Jamshedpur was laid by Union Minister of State for Education Annapurna Devi on Saturday.

A 1,000-bed hostel will be built for boys, while a 300-bed facility will come up for girls, officials said. The hostels will be built at a cost of Rs 125 crore, they said.

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The minister said that research in different fields can lead to development. NIT-Jamshedpur director Karunesh Kumar Shukla said the institute needed a hostel for a long. He said such facilities will help the students to excel.