WB-PRESIDENCY-STUDENTS
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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.
(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
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