The government has asked state-aided colleges to submit detailed reports on damage to their institutions caused by Cyclone Amphan.

The institutions have been asked to specify the approximate money and time they would need to complete repairs, a higher education department official said.

The university exams will have to be conducted at many of the affected colleges in mid-July.

The worst-hit colleges are mostly in South 24-Parganas (Maheshtala, Canning, Raidighi, Kakdwip and Sagar Island) and in parts of North 24-Parganas, the official said. Several colleges in Calcutta, too, have been “severely damaged”, the official said.

The government will assess the damage once colleges send their reports and appropriate action will be taken to complete the repair work at the earliest, education minister Partha Chatterjee said. “Colleges are sending their reports. Appropriate steps will be taken to ensure they start functioning at a suitable time.”

At Lady Brabourne College, laboratories, computers, windowpanes, solar panels, the boundary wall, two staff quarters, and hostel buildings have been damaged, according to principal Shiuli Sarkar.

The extent of damage is close to Rs 5 lakh, Sarkar said.

Rajasree Neogi, principal of Bijoygarh College in Golf Green, said the college had been affected by the cyclone.

The storm blew away a corrugated tin roof of one of the buildings. The boundary wall has been damaged by a tree that fell on it, Neogi said. “It will take several weeks to complete the repairs and bring back the campus to normality.”

All colleges near or in the Sunderbans area have suffered “extensive damage”, the higher education department official said.