PWD declares road in Azam Khan’s Jauhar university public in UP

The Uttar Pradesh Public Works Department (PWD) has declared the main road passing through Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan’s Mohammad Ali Jauhar University campus in Rampur as a public road and erected signboards at the university’s main gate stating that it is open for public use.

It is a 3-km four-lane cement road constructed by the PWD during the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party government in 2016-17 at a cost of around Rs 17.16



crore.

The road runs through the 450-acre university campus from the main entrance to the other end, but access remained restricted after the university administration closed the main gate in 2019, preventing even PWD officials from entering, officials said on Thursday.

PWD Executive Engineer Kishan Veer Singh said the department has now put up boards declaring the stretch an “Aam Rasta” (public road), allowing unrestricted access to the public.