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Delhi University Colleges Still Do Not Have Enough Hostel Rooms For Women Students
By sachiv, Section Hostels
Off-campus private accommodation is one of the biggest causes for concern to many a parent whose justout-of-school daughter is entering college life. Out of all outstation students in Delhi University's (DU's) North Campus, 40 per cent are women, not all of whom find campus accommodation. These women students then have to put up as paying guests (PG), in rented apartments or private hostels.
The university only caters to postgraduate and research students. There are 10 colleges on and near DU's North Campus. Three women's colleges, namely Miranda House, Daulat Ram and Indraprastha have hostel facilities. Among the co-ed colleges, St. Stephen's, Hans Raj, Ramjas and Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC) provide campus residences for women students. Some colleges have approached the University Grants Commission for money to build rooms for undergraduate students. Ramjas and Hans Raj have a combined hostel for men and women but a parent said that he would never send his daughters to a hostel, which is shared by male students, even if there are separate entrances. However, Dr. S.K. Vij, Dean of Student's Welfare, DU, says that there have been no complaints from students sharing the hostels. Besides, he says, "We are very happy that in the last two-three years, there are almost no cases of eve-teasing and rag ging in the hostels."
There are some private hostels but these charge high rents. At most private hostels, three to four students share a room and each user pays Rs. 4,000-5,000 for a bed. Some of the hostels are over-crowded. According to Prashant Tyagi of the Delhi University Students' Union, one house in Hudson Lines accommodates 130 Private accommodation is one of the biggest cause of concern for women students students on four floors built on about 133.8 square metres (160 square yards).
"There are a lot of distractions and we find it impossible to study," says Mandeep Singh, a third-year student at Satywati College (Evening), who lives in a private hostel in Gur Mandi. PG accommodation is usually a single-room with an attached bathroom. There is often no scope to cook so students have to eat outside. Further, the water is not potable. There are water and electricity supply problems, too. Some action obviously needs to be taken and soon. (Source- HT, Horizon, 16/05/07)
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