Launching of classes at the AMU Murshidabad Centre, Vice Chancellor P.K. Abdul Azis, said that it was a historical step in the direction of expansion of Sir Syed’s dream and the great legacy. He said that AMU would continue to spread secular and modern education in the most backward region of the nation.
Currently the classes would start in a rented two-storied building as the campus is yet to be ready.
AMU has already acquired 288 acres of land for its campus from Farakka Barrage Project at Ahiron adjacent to NH-34 in Murshidabad. Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and Pranab Mukherjee laid the foundation stone for the campus. About 2000 families, who had occupied that land, demanded rehabilitation. As a result, AMU decided to start classes in a rented house at Mangaljone, Ghorasala near Omarpur.
AMU plans to roll out a sprawling campus for 10,000 students over 10 years. “We found this rented house (known as White House) has enough space for 19 rooms for boys’ hostel at basement and girls’ hostel on first floor having 10 rooms along with dinning hall, reading room and a common room,” said Mohammed Gulrez, officer on special duty.
Prof. Azis further stated that the University has embarked upon a detailed project amounting to rupees thirteen hundred crores and submitted it for the consideration of Expenditure Finance Committee of the Government of India and was confident of its approval which is a necessary step for any project exceeding Rs. 150 crores. The grant of Rs. 50 crores in the current budget and Rs. 25 crores in the last budget for the Murshidabad Centre of AMU will be utilized for the construction of the compound wall around its 280 acres sprawling campus and for constructing buildings for its management and law school to be equipped with all modern facilities.