Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 15: Demanding immediate repairs and renovation of entire Nehru Boys Hostel of Jammu University, National Secular Forum (NSF) today staged protest demonstration against Works Department of University. Around two dozen National Secular Forum (NSF) activists assembled in front of Jammu University Works department and started protest demonstration, amid raising slogans against Works department for their failure to do needful.
Addressing media persons, National Secular Forum (NSF) President Sukhdev Singh said that despite regular complaints to Jammu University Works department for repairs and renovation of rooms of Nehru Boys Hostel, but the department has failed to act over the pleas of scholars and students. Singh informed that for the last six months they have been asking varsity Works department for repairs of lights, bathroom leakages and other renovation works but except assurances, students have not anything from the department.Criticizing Varsity authorities, NSF President Sukhdev Singh further said that every year JU management spent lakhs of rupees for renovation of various electrical equipments and other works in various hostels of Jammu University but despite that a number of appliances have gone kaput and no action has been taken to replace the same.
"It is far from imagination and surprising that every year why the electric gadgets gone defunct, leakages in the bathroom pipes developed, it also points towards a fact that sub standard material is used by the contractors, who was allotted work", Singh alleged. National Secular Forum urged Jammu University Vice- Chancellor MPS Ishar to direct Works department to immediately start repairing works in the hostel and also initiate an inquiry against the contractor, who had executed repair and renovation works. Forum members further demanded stern action against the culprits, who had plundered the students' funds. Among those who were present in the protest included, Nitin Chandail, Barket Tahir, Qayoom Malik, Jagdeep Singh, PP Singh, Tariq, Zulfi, Ashfaq Amhed, Vikram Madhyal, Pawan Kumar, and others. |
