Ludhiana: Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) has planned to modernise and revamp its five-floor Mohinder Singh Randhawa Library with Rs 6.50 crore set aside as the budget. A detailed proposal has been submitted to the state govt.
The upgraded library will be equipped with CCTV cameras, public Wi-Fi apparatus, and a fire detection system along with the other state-of-the-art facilities. The funding for upgrading the library will come from the special grant announced by the state government. Punjab’s AAP govt had announced a financial aid of Rs 40 crore for the university in the state budget presented inside the Vidhan Sabha in March this year.
Going by the proposal, all floors of the library will be equipped with central air-conditioning. As of now, only three floors of the university have the air-conditioning facility. For this purpose, a new 300-tonne air-conditioner will be installed at the library, and it will replace the old AC that has lost its efficiency.
A chillier air-conditioning plant will be set up for this purpose. The library will also have new and better lighting installations across floors and this lighting will be modern and reading friendly. The building will also be equipped with public Wi-Fi for universal internet access.
An official claimed that that the new electrical work will also be carried out on all the floors and multiple laptop-charging points will also be set up across floors. Currently, the library does not have any charging point in its buil.