Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai will inaugurate the newly-built and renovated buildings of University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai will inaugurate the newly-built and renovated buildings of University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering
An iconic landmark within the coronary heart of the town, the century-old University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (UVCE) at Okay.R. Circle on Thursday will don a brand new, improved look, whereas preserving its heritage values intact.
On Thursday, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai will inaugurate the newly-built and renovated buildings. Works price ₹200 crore have been taken up on the UVCE campus, together with the renovation which, officers stated, has been carried out whereas sustaining the historic fantastic thing about the buildings.
While the brand new hostel is being constructed at a price of ₹22 crore and can accommodate greater than 1,000 college students sooner or later, it additionally has a two-storey eating corridor. The fundamental constructing options Greco-Roman structure, soundproof lecture rooms, and a sprawling amphitheatre, which may accommodate 1,000 folks.
The renovated University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering at Okay.R. Circle.
| Photo Credit: JAYANTH R.
‘Durable for the subsequent 100 years
Until just a few years in the past, lots of the buildings have been in a dilapidated situation. For energy and enchancment of the buildings, a triple-layer wall was constructed, which has made the constructing sturdy sufficient to final for an additional 100 years, college officers stated.
The British-era structure roofs are 25 ft excessive and the doorways are 15 ft excessive, and the royal look of the constructing has been saved as earlier than and colored pink, like most heritage buildings, they defined.
Due to its location, the growing visitors was a bane. However, now lecture rooms have triple-layer home windows. Welcoming the soundproofing characteristic, one of many last semester college students stated, “Before, it was very disturbing for us to be in class and during examinations as there was too much noise. Though we are in the last semester, we are happy that at least our juniors are not going to face those issues”.
“Initially, during the construction work, we faced some issues. But at the end of the day, it is beneficial for students and the new look of the campus is fascinating. Also, the two-storey cafeteria is going to open soon, and we are hoping we will get more varieties and hygienic food too,” stated Sanaya, a scholar of the Computer Science Department.
There are two newly-built open-air theatres generally known as rock open-air theatres. The fundamental door of the newly-set seminar corridor resembles an historical temple door and prices ₹2 lakh for a single door made with teak wooden. An synthetic fountain can also be below development in entrance of the principle gate.
Venugopal Okay.R., Vice-Chancellor, BU and former principal of UVCE, stated, “The building is renovated under the Public Works Department and most of the engineers who worked on it were from this university itself, and they tried hard to make this building more beautiful with its own heritage look. We are trying to get a seven-storey mechanical block which is already approved by the State Cabinet at a cost of ₹89 crore. All these will make it worth being an autonomous degree giving institution”.
The faculty has a powerful alumni affiliation from throughout India and overseas. An alumnus, Major General Neelakantappa (retd.) stated, ‘From the very beginning, we wanted our college to be an autonomous one. Earlier, we didn’t have a correct canteen. From each inside and out of doors, lots of growth work has been finished and the great factor is that the Government lastly determined to go forward to make the faculty autonomous”.
Source: www.thehindu.com
