The DAV (PG) College, where around 34,000 students are presently studying, cannot provide the right hygienic atmosphere in the college campus, hamstrung as the authority is with financial constraints.
As one gets into the college campus one understands how grave the problem is. The unhygienic condition of the toilets is what stares one in the face once one steps into the campus. Compounding on the woes of the students, the water they drink is also most unhygienic. Besides, the classrooms are no better. If the college administration is to be believed, neither the management nor the State Government provides funds to ensure the basic amenities for the students.
Fund crunch seems coming in the way of re-jigging the toilets, installing taps inside them, providing proper washrooms and the like. It seems, there are no sweepers to clean them on a daily basis. It is not just that the students' leaders keep raising harangues on this. The college staff members are also of the view that their predicament is incredible. "A college with such a high number of students going on for years, bereft of the minimum basic amenities, is indeed unimaginable. But things have remained so. We have to put up with such things daily for at least five hours," rued a teaching staff member.
The Chief Minister, his Cabinet colleagues, MlAs, and former Chief Ministers visiting the campus during the students' union week to pontificate on what the students ought to do and to go for pompous announcements on a slew of infrastructure development measures makes no difference to the horrendous ground reality. "We hear announcements galore for additional rooms, class rooms among others. But the basic amenities remain elusive," one of the students said.
DAV (PG) College principal Dr Devendra Bhasin said, "We have taken several steps to improve the infrastructure in the college. We admit that the college keeps facing financial constraints. Those aspiring for teaching jobs should first inquire about the condition of the college before they join," he said.