Archive · 8 Jan 2026
Sweekaram Launched to Upgrade Welfare Hostels
In Guntur District, a new program called Sweekaram was started by the collector to make welfare hostels better.
These hostels are for students from different backgrounds like SC, ST, BC, and minorities.
The program will upgrade things like dormitories, kitchens, and bathrooms to make them safer and more comfortable.
The money for this will come from different organizations and people who want to help.
The goal is to help students focus on their studies and grow in a good environment.
There are many hostels in the district, and the plan is to improve all of them.
Sweekaram programme launched to upgrade welfare hostels in Guntur District.
Aims to improve living conditions, safety, and well-being of hostel students.
Funding through Public-Private-People Partnership (P4) involving philanthropists, NGOs, and corporate entities.
Upgrades include dormitories, kitchens, dining halls, toilets, bathrooms, study rooms, and common areas.
31 hostels under Social Welfare, 26 under BC Welfare, and 4 under Tribal Welfare to be upgraded.
- Who
- Guntur collector A. Thameem Ansariya
- What
- Launched Sweekaram programme to upgrade welfare hostels
- When
- Tuesday (specific date not mentioned)
- Where
- Guntur District, Vijayawada
- Why
- To improve living conditions, safety standards, and overall well-being of hostel students
- Location
- Guntur District, Vijayawada
- Initiator
- A. Thameem Ansariya (Guntur collector)
- Programme Name
- Sweekaram
- Target Institutions
- SC, ST, BC, minority welfare hostels, Gurukul institutions
- Funding Model
- Public-Private-People Partnership (P4)
- Key Areas of Upgrade
- Dormitories, kitchens, dining halls, toilets, bathrooms, study rooms, common areas, civil and electrical works
- Number of Hostels
- 31 (Social Welfare), 26 (BC Welfare), 4 (Tribal Welfare)