HYDERABAD, Feb 3: The Sindh University has completed four development projects, funded to the tune of Rs45 million by the Higher Education Commission, at Allama I. I. Kazi Campus in Jamshoro.

Vice-Chancellor of the university Mazharul Haq Siddiqui inaugurated the projects on Saturday. The deans of faculties, members of senate and syndicate, heads of institutes and departments and administrative sections, teachers and students attended the inaugural ceremony.

The projects include the post graduate girls hostel which has been constructed at a cost of Rs26.027 million. Project Director Ahmed Ali Abassi, briefing the vice-chancellor, said that hostel comprised 104 rooms, dining and TV Halls, library and other facilities. With the completion of the hostel, he added, accommodation would be available for 208 girl students.

Mr Siddiqui also inaugurated the building of the office of dean, faculty of Natural Sciences and extension of the buildings of the department of Statistics and faculty of Arts.

The directors of three projects briefed the vice-chancellor about the construction work. They said that construction of the dean office block -- comprising dean office, committee room, seminar hall, staff room and store – was started on November 2005 and completed in December 2006.