“At 11 am on July 15, Rampur Development Authority (RDA) officials held a meeting and decided that the maps were not approved. At 4 pm the same day, a 17-page order to demolish 38 buildings on the campus was issued. The fact is that the campus was built at Singan Kheda village in 2005, and the area did not come under the RDA’s jurisdiction until 2024. Then how could the maps have been approved?” UP Congress president Ajay Rai said at a press conference.

The decision was taken after district magistrate Ajay Kumar Dwivedi rejected the university management’s explanation during a personal hearing. The Rampur Development Authority…

Rampur Development Authority ordered the removal of 38 unauthorized university buildings. The trust running the university failed to provide necessary construction approvals. …