Professor Dr Asghar Zaidi, Vice-Chancellor of Government College University Lahore, on Saturday visited the 370 acres under-construction new campus of the university at Kala Shah Kaku and reviewed the progress of developmental work.

The VC showed concern over delays regarding minor works, and issued immediate directions to the officers concerned to resolve different issues like grounds leveling, electricity, clean drinking water supply, beautification and transport latest by May 2020.

He announced that academic activities shall commence on the new campus from the next academic year. "The campus would accommodate more than 1,500 day scholars while it also has a hostel facilitiy for 300 students," he added.

Prof Zaidi spent the complete day on the new campus; inspected administration bloc, hostel, academic bloc, staff apartments and other facilities, and set deadlines for the completion of different works.

Campus Engineer Shahid Abroo briefed the VC about the project, saying that the land for new campus was purchased in 2009 with the support from the Punjab government, while PC-I amounting to Rs 998 million was approved in 2014-15 while funding started in 2016 by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) and the period of completion was four years.

He added that PC-1 included one academic block, partial administrative block, hostel, residential apartments for staff and external developments on the campus.

He said hostel and academic bloc were 100 percent while 25 percent work at administration bloc was still left. The VC said he would regularly visit the new campus of GCU and would also teach MA/MSc students here. "Besides administration, I want involve myself in teaching and research as well," he concluded.

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