Talking on the state of Marathi medium colleges, Supreme Courtroom Justice PB Varale on Saturday (August 22) mentioned that if even 0.1% of funds allotted for Kumbh mela infrastructure had been spent on schooling then over 100 Marathi-medium colleges may have been saved from shutting down, the Times of India reported.
Justice Varale was reportedly talking at an occasion throughout a go to to his faculty in Nasik the place he mentioned,
“Just lately, chief minister mentioned govt is spending Rs 34,000 crore on Kumbh infrastructure and Rs 11,000 crore on a hall venture. I’ve no objection to such spending. But when simply 0.1% of the Kumbh allocation, round Rs 32 crore, was spent on schooling, greater than 100-150 Marathi colleges may have been prevented from shutting down“.
Reportedly, the Government of Maharashtra knowledgeable the Union Authorities {that a} complete Kumbh Mela Improvement Plan amounting to Rs 22,425.39 crore has been accepted by the State’s Chief Minister on the assembly of the Apex Committee held on March 13, 2026. The Simhastha Kumbh Mela at Nashik is about to begin in October this year.
He additionally reportedly spoke on the situation of asharamshalas (residential colleges), referring to an incident the place he examine three lady college students sleeping on the ground of an ashramshala who died as a consequence of snake-bites.
“The general situation of many residential colleges stays pathetic,” the decide reportedly mentioned.
Emphasising the necessity of adjustments in structural instructional infrastructure, Justice Varale mentioned that budgetary allocation for schooling, which earlier ranged between 8-12% had declined.
