New Delhi, Nov. 7 -- Delhi Government's Minister for SC/ST/OBC Welfare Ravinder Indraj Singh on Thursday said the state Government plans to reopen all the closed hostels for underprivileged students and construct new ones.

He said this while undertaking inspection of the Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences, Delhi Government Senior Secondary Residential School, located in Isapur village, Najafgarh, on Thursday.

The minister also held detailed discussions with concerned officials and local residents regarding Delhi Government's educational and residential welfare schemes for students.

The Minister said that due to the negligence of the previous government, several hostels for school and college students across Delhi were shut down. He als...