PATNA, July 1 -- The Bihar government's ambitious plan to start 211 new colleges to ensure a college in each of the state's 534 blocks from July 1 hasn't materialised and the government will soon come up with a schedule for the project, a senior official in the department of higher education said.

He added that the "postponement" of the initiative -- a part of the state's Saat Nischay-3 programme under the "Unnati Shiksha, Unnati Bhavishya" scheme-is due to multiple factors, including the unavailability of the required number of teachers, infrastructure not being ready on time, and others.

Chief minister Samrat Choudhary reviewed the status on Tuesday evening with senior education department officials and directed them to expedite the p...