Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University withdraws notice on vacating hostel after students' protest

The varsity has also formed an 11 member special team to visit the hostels to hear the problems of students and to identify those who are living illegally in the hostels and recommended actions against them, the statement added.

Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University students sat topless outside the residence of the Vice-Chancellor to protest against the varsity's notice to vacate hostels in the wake of coronavirus pandemic. After the student's agitation, the varsity administration said “all bonafide students will be allowed” to stay back in the hostels till a five-member committee was formed to look into the issue.

As per the statement issued by the DDU Gorakhpur University, the five-member committee, headed by Professor Nandita Singh of the Arts Department, held a meeting on Sunday and started its work. The members will talk to protesting students in presence of their wardens and submit their recommendations to the administration.

The varsity has also formed an 11 member special team to visit the hostels to hear the problems of students and to identify those who are living illegally in the hostels and recommended actions against them, the statement added.

“We should not be vacated from our hostels. Students from several states, including Uttarakhand and Kashmir, stay here. If they go back to their houses, they will have to take several transport options, which will expose them to health hazards,” said a student.

“The administration has decided that those who are genuine occupants will not have to vacate the hostels. At present, only postgraduate and research classes are on as per government guidelines. We have to sanitise all the hostels. So, our plan is to shift the students to another wing and sanitise their rooms. Earlier, we had thought that we would vacate the hostels during the winter vacation to sanitise all the rooms. But the students had objected to that,” said a university administration official.

The official said hostels were allowed to open after the state government had lifted the lockdown with a condition that every room would have just one occupant.

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