Bhubaneswar: Objecting to the Centre's move to operate Indian Institute of Technology-Orissa from IIT-Kharagpur, Orissa government said it had adequate infrastructure within the state to make the institute functional, official sources said.
IIT-O is among the eight new IITs in the country proposed to start functioning during the 11th plan.
The state government had already identified a piece of government land near Banki in Cuttack district which was barely 22 km from the state capital, industries minister B.B.Harichandan said the place was identified as 'most suitable' for establishing an IIT.
The government already has 900 acres and there was no problem of water and power. ",A letter in this regard as been given to the Centre",, he said.
Earlier, the Centre in a letter to the state government had informed that the IIT-O would start operating with three streams - mechanical, electrical and civil engineering each with student capacity of 40, the sources said.
IIT-O is among the eight new IITs in the country proposed to start functioning during the 11th plan.
The state government had already identified a piece of government land near Banki in Cuttack district which was barely 22 km from the state capital, industries minister B.B.Harichandan said the place was identified as 'most suitable' for establishing an IIT.
The government already has 900 acres and there was no problem of water and power. ",A letter in this regard as been given to the Centre",, he said.
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Earlier, the Centre in a letter to the state government had informed that the IIT-O would start operating with three streams - mechanical, electrical and civil engineering each with student capacity of 40, the sources said.
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