Residents of the Rajiv Gandhi Hostel for Girls (RGHG) in Delhi University on Monday staged a protest demonstration against the hostel’s water crisis near its front gate.
The students alleged that the RGHG, despite being the most expensive hostel in the University, is not able to provide adequate water facilities to its nearly 600 residents.
"The temperature has risen up to 43° Celsius.
Exams are upon us and the most expensive hostel in the University is not able to provide water to the 600 residents on its campus," said a hostel resident.
"The warden does not pick up calls and the provost does not care to show up to address the issue," she added.
Many of the hostel residents expressed their concern over the sanitation and hygiene issues rising from the lack of water.
"One can imagine how it feels when there is not a single drop of water to even freshen up or to flush the toilets," a student complained.
"They (hostel authorities) have strict curfews, defined fee structures, behaviour norms and a rule book, but paani nahi hain dene ko (but no water to provide)," said some of the agitating residents.
Hostlers also said that such cases of negligence have happened before too.
"Last year, women residents of RGHG and UGHG (Undergraduate Hostel for Girls) had come out in protest, right before their exams, in the middle of the summer for the exact same issue," said a hosteller.