IIT Delhi halts return of students to campus amid rising COVID-19 cases
Those not wearing masks properly will be fined Rs 500 and those not wearing one at all, Rs 2,000. Repeat defaulters -- whether staff-member or student -- will face other penalties and disciplinary action.
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi has temporarily stopped the return of students to campus owing to rise in coronavirus cases in the country. “No new permissions will be granted to students for onboarding in the hostels or labs till further notice,” an IIT Delhi official told a media house.
The institute has announced the decision to students today, after taking the advice of IIT Delhi’s COVID Committee which, according to a letter from the registrar issued today, is “very concerned about the laxity on the part of many in the campus” about following the government’s COVID-19 guidelines.
A system of fines and penalties has thus been instituted for those violating the guidelines. Those not wearing masks properly will be fined Rs 500 and those not wearing one at all, Rs 2,000. Repeat defaulters -- whether staff-member or student -- will face other penalties and disciplinary action.
"We regret to inform you that given the rising Covid cases in Delhi and the occupancy in the hostels, the Institute Covid Committee has decided to temporarily halt any further onboarding," says the March 22 letter to students from the dean of students’ affairs, IIT Delhi.
“We understand that some requests have been pending since early March, but there is little that we can do right now.” The letter further says: "Those whose requests are pending at the ADSW [associate dean, student’s affairs] will remain stuck there until it seems safe to resume onboarding.”
On March 15, 2020, IIT Delhi had shut their campus and cancelled all physical classes and exams. On March 15, 2020, the institute had asked all its students to vacate the hostels to contain the spread of coronavirus. It resumed classes online from July and once the lockdown was lifted, researchers and other students were being allowed back to campus in small numbers.
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