With no takers for traditional courses such as mechanical and civil engineering, the number of seats in many colleges will be reduced or junked for these courses. According to data from the Maharashtra CET cell, there were no enrolments for mechanical and civil engineering programmes in 28 state colleges this year, additionally, admissions in other colleges have also experienced a decline. This year, not a single student enrolled for mechanical engineering courses in 16 colleges, while a similar scenario was witnessed in 12 colleges for civil engineering courses, officials have said.

The figures

There are a total of 253 colleges in the state that offer civil engineering courses, providing a total of 17,268 seats. However, out of these, only 7,114 have been filled, leaving 10,154 vacancies. Among the 253 colleges, 167 have admitted less than 50 per cent of their available seats for civil engineering. A total of 56 colleges have enrolled just five or fewer students in the course.