Archive · 29 Sep 2025
DU Breaks Ground on New Hostel for 1,436 Students
Imagine a new home being built for over 1,400 students at Delhi University!
It's called a hostel, and it's like a big apartment building.
The university held a special ceremony to start building it.
The new hostel will have nice rooms, including some for married students.
It's part of a plan to make the university even better.
The new building will have nine floors above the ground floor.
The project is going to cost a lot of money.
It's designed to meet high standards for comfort and safety.
Lots of important people from the university and construction companies were there.
DU held a ceremony for a new hostel under the Institution of Eminence project.
The hostel is located in the Dhaka complex at Mukherjee Nagar.
The project aims to house 1,436 students.
The building will have nine floors and provide modern facilities.
The estimated cost of the project is Rs 332.83 crore.
- Who
- University of Delhi (DU)
- What
- Held a Bhoomi Poojan ceremony for a new hostel.
- When
- Monday, September 25
- Where
- Dhaka complex at Mukherjee Nagar.
- Why
- To provide modern residential facilities and enhance student living.
- Project Cost
- Rs 332.83 crore
- Location
- Dhaka complex, Mukherjee Nagar
- Students Housed
- 1,436
- Floors
- G+9
- Groundbreaking Date
- Monday, September 25
- Key Participants
- Vice Chancellor Yogesh Singh, K.P. Mahadevaswamy (NBCC CMD)