According to earlier reports, SRCC has been allocated a total of Rs 2 crores to build an extension to their existing hostel. The new block will accommodate 100 students. `` With the addition of this new block, we can now accommodate 150 boys and an equal number of girls,'' said P C Jain, principal, SRCC. ``We have called for tenders, and we will decide our final contractor for the project by the end of this month,'' he added.

Jain said that since the college was being accorded heritage status, special care would be taken to construct the new block. ``The same architect in charge of restoring the heritage of our building, will be planning this new block.''

Daulat Ram College has been allotted 2 crores and 40 lakhs by UGC to build an extension to its existing hostel. `` At present we have 125 boarders. We hope to accommodate another 60 girls once we finish adding one more floor to our hostel. We have received the approval from UGC in late June and they have released Rs 40 lakhs as first instalment already. `` This move has been welcomed by parents and guardians who feel their wards can now live in a safer and cheaper accommodation,'' said Kanan Nanda, principal, Daulat Ram.