An amount of Rs.13
crore is being sought from the state government
of Odisha by the management of the Prestigious Khallikote Autonomous College in Ganjam
district of the state to preserve its building as a heritage structure, said
Radhanath Rath, Registrar of the University. The Vice-chancellor of the cluster
university, Manmath Padhy, stated that the building is unsafe as declared by
engineers and it can not be used at all in the future and the University wanted
to make it seven storeys tall. Khallikote Autonomous College in Odisha's Ganjam
district has decided to preserve its building as a heritage structure. Rs.13
crore has been demanded from the state government by the institution of
Khallikote Cluster University.
As per the University Registrar, the proposed building will
be constructed using the said amount.The building has been part of premier
educational institutions listed in the state and had played a significant role
in enhancing higher education in its 160 years of history of South Odisha. MLA
Ramesh Chandra Chyau Patnaik, President of the Executive Committee of the
college, also expressed his views and said the building deserves to be
preserved and he will get the approval from the government to make it a
heritage site.
In year 1856, a Zilla school was started which later became
an intermediate college called Union College as a part of Khallikote College. On
August 16, 1893, the college was renamed as Khallikote College, after a sizable
donation was given to the functioning of
the institution by the king of the erstwhile Khallikote estate, Harihar
Mardaraj. A science laboratory was constructed in 1910, when Rs 10,000 was donated by Madan
Mohan Singh Deo, the king of the Dharakote estate. In the
year 1979, a three-storied building was
constructed. A Centenary building and life science block with four galleries
were added to the complex in the year
1982.
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