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PTI | Kolkata | Updated: 15-11-2018 22:42 IST | Created: 15-11-2018 22:42 IST
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Students of the Presidency

University Thursday started a sit-in demonstration in the main

building of the varsity demanding immediate accommodation in

the Hindu hostel.

The sit-in began before the room of the Dean of

Students this evening as the November 15 deadline given by the

university authorities for completing renovation of the two

wards of the hostel and throwing open the hostel for students

expired without the work being over, Sayan Chakraborty, a

spokesman of the agitators, said.

University Vice-Chancellor Anuradha Lohia told

reporters while the government had wanted to complete the work

of the two wards of hostel by November 15, but the PWD gave

report that some work related to safety and security issues

still remains to be completed.

To a question if the hostel can be thrown open for

boarders on November 30, Lohia "If the facilities (in two

wards) are ready for minimum habitation by November 30 we will

throw it open for boarders."

On October 12 students had called off their

10-day-long hunger strike after authorities gave them a

written assurance that they would be provided accommodation at

the Hindu hostel, adjacent to the institute's campus, by the

middle of November if PWD gave the clearance.

The students have been demonstrating on the institute

campus since August, seeking room allotments at two wards of

Eden Hindu Hostel.

One of the agitating students, Subho Biswas, said "The

university authorities had failed to meet the deadline to

complete Hindu Hostel renovation work several times in past.

We will now continue to sit-in if the hostel is not thrown

open to us on an urgent basis."

The Hindu Hostel was shut down for repairs in July,

2015 and 150 boarders were shifted to a rented accommodation

at New Town.

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