Union Minister Anurag Thakur visits newly built IIIT-Una

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UNA, JULY 12

Anurag Thakur, Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Youth Affairs and Sports, today visited the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) at Saloh village in Haroli. He also interacted with IIIT Director S Selva Kumar and Registrar Amarnath Gill.

Meets Babli’s family

• Anurag Thakur visited Badsar village, Hamirpur, to pay tribute to Rakesh Babli, who died due to a cardiac arrest during his tour to Kinnaur on July 2.
• He said the void created by Babli’s death could not be filled.
• Anurag assured his parents that the party would always stand by them.

A sum of Rs 128 crore has been spent on the construction of the academic campus and hostels, said the minister, adding that the newly constructed IIIT building would be dedicated to the nation as soon as the sports infrastructure was complete.

Anurag said the campus of the IIIT, one of the premier institutes, had been constructed on a 560-acre plot. He expressed happiness that the placement record of the institution was very good.

The Union minister later met family members of former BJP president of Haroli Ravinder Jaswal, who died some days before.

Interacting with mediapersons, he said the government in the state had worked for the betterment of all sections of society. The BJP would retain power in the Assembly elections.

Speaking about the Centre, Anurag said the Narendra Modi government had continuously worked towards strengthening the armed forces, be it the procurement of fighter jets, armaments or 2 lakh bullet-proof jackets for soldiers. The PM’s Make-in-India initiative for manufacturing defence equipment had boosted the industry. He hailed the Agnipath scheme, saying that it would bring good results.

HPSIDC Vice-Chairman Ram Kumar and DC Raghav Sharma accompanied the minister.

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