Kurnur: Six years after its establishment, Dr. Abdul Haq Urdu is expected to receive temporary accommodation on the old Government Boys Degree Campus.
The university, approved in 2019 during its Telugu term, still lacks basic infrastructure and a functional campus, has drawn criticism from minority leaders for their lack of government response to their requests.
College students offer three basic degree and graduate programs under their BBA stream, as well as honors programs in economics, computer science, computer applications and business analysis. It also acknowledges that students have completed the Madarsa program recognized by various state legislatures to enter their UG and PG programs.
In 2017, the state government allocated 144 acres of land to provide funding for the university for Kurvakal on the Kurnool-Nandyal highway and approved the initial development of Rs 184 crore. Then, Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu lays the foundation in January 2018.
Originally named after Pakistani scholar Moulvi Abdul Haq, whose university was renamed in 2018 through a government communique, Dr. Abdul Haq, a famous scholar in Kurnool, following opposition from local Muslim intellectuals.
However, no progress was made in the following five years. Ethnic minority leaders claim that under the YSR Congress rule, no construction work was carried out, no additional funds were released, and campuses were still neglected. “They overlooked the university,” said Mansoor Ali Khan, secretary of the TDP Ethnic Minority Party.
“We raised this issue to the minister of TG Bharath and urged him to speed up the process. Muslim minority students have been waiting for a long time to see the function of the university in the proper academic environment,” he said.
With the new Kurnool government degree college campus coming to an end, the state higher education department has proposed moving Urdu University to the existing university building. Narayana Bharat Gupta, the college’s director of education, recently sent a letter to authorities seeking such an arrangement.
If the transition occurs this summer, the university can start operations from a new location starting the next academic year.
In fact, issues related to the university’s hotels and student facilities remain unresolved.
