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Gujarat govt allots land for India's first Railway university
    Gandhinagar, Aug 21 (PTI) The Gujarat government on
Wednesday announced allotment of 31 hectares of land at
concessional rate in Vadodara district for setting up India's
first Railway university.
    The decision to allot the land at 50 per cent of the
market rate in Waghodia taluka for permanent campus of the
varsity was taken during the Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief
Minister Vijay Rupani here, said Deputy Chief Minister Nitin
Patel.
    The National Rail and Transportation Institute (NRTI),
popularly known as the Railway university, is one of the pet
projects of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
    The university currently operates from its temporary
location in the premises of Pratap Vilas Palace in Vadodara
city, around 130km from here.
    The university opened its doors to the first batch of
103 students after it was dedicated to the nation by Rupani
and Railway Minister Piyush Goyal in December last year.
    "The state Cabinet under CM Vijay Rupani has given its
approval to allot 31 hectares of land at 50 per cent
concession rate for the Railway university at Waghodia.
    "The land will be utilised for construction of various
academic buildings, a hostel and a training centre," Patel
told reporters.
    At present, NRTI, a deemed university focused on
transport-related education, offers two programmes - BSc in
transportation technology and BBA in transportation
management. PTI PJT PD
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