North Eastern Cultural and Information Centre set to come up to explore uniqueness of sacred North East India

New Delhi, May 4: North East has been the very crucial part of India which has its own beauty and unique culture. To attract people towards the North East culture and explore new things, North Eastern Cultural and Information Centre is set to come up in New Delhi. 

Dr Jitendra Singh, Minister for Development of North East Region, made this announcement after chairing the review meeting of the “roadmap for implementation of Cabinet Approval of Schemes for North East Council”. The meeting reviewed the progress of various on-going projects in the North East.

 

Dr Jitendra Singh said that a North Eastern Cultural and Information Centre will come up in Delhi soon. As a Central government has been giving priority to the NE region, Dr Jitendra said that this will be a new gift to the people of North East India. He said, the centre will act as a cultural convention and information hub of the northeastern region in Delhi. He said that Centre is being built on 1.32 acre land at Sector-13, Dwarka, New Delhi under the North Eastern Council (NEC) for the purpose of construction of North Eastern Cultural and Information Centre.

Further he said that this Centre will act as a cultural and convention, information hub of the North Eastern Region in Delhi. The Minister said it will have a library-cum-reading room with material on North Eastern Region, an art gallery showcasing the North East, Exhibition hall, Research centre, Sale outlets as well guest houses. He said, currently architecture, design and planning for the project is in process. The project is expected to be completed soon at an estimated cost of Rs. 50-55 crores, he added. He said this Centre will be one of its kinds in the country and will be a state-of-the-art project.

Keeping in view the large number of NE students studying in various educational institutes, hostels are being set up for NE students. These hostels are being set up in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and a hostel exclusively for girl students from Northeast in Bengaluru University.