Indore (Madhya Pradesh): The long-pending plan of Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya (DAVV) to establish a medical college has once again run into trouble. After failing to take off in Indore for over two decades, the proposal to start the college in Jhabua has also hit a dead end—prompting many to call the project jinxed.

The latest setback comes after Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya (RGPV) refused to hand over its engineering college building in Jhabua to DAVV for the proposed medical college. Meanwhile, the land originally allotted for the college at Bada Bangarda in Indore has also slipped out of the university’s hands.

The state government has clarified that the Bangarda land was allotted exclusively for a medical college and cannot be repurposed for any other academic programmes

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