Already two years have passed since Keonjhar campus of North Orissa University was opened and students were admitted for different courses here. But the education in the centre has been affected due to lack of basic facilities, for which there is discontentment among students.
Earlier, the students had held agitation to fulfil the demands and recently they locked the center's main gate till basic facilities are made available in the campus. There is no good road connectivity to the campus, no library, no boys or girls common room, no hostel or security in the premises. The students demanded an ATM counter, bank, Xerox facility, canteen, seminar hall, smart class room, more class rooms, parking, bus transport service, library, hostel, road, common room and appointment of required teachers.
The students alleged that the authorities had promised to provide the required infrastructure and staff to the campus but no step had been taken so far Students like Rasmiranjan Panda, Sandip Nair,Dwanita Mehta,Subham Jena,Biswajit Behera, Sitanshu Swain, Srimayee Pati, Manasi Dixit, Md Navim, Ranjan Barik, Priyanka Mahapatra and many others submitted a memorandum to the district Collector, VC NOU, Higher Education Minister, Chief Minister and local MP and MLAs regarding their demands.