2 weeks ago
Nizam Students Held Over Hostel Food Protest in Hyderabad
Students at Nizam College in Hyderabad, India, were very unhappy with their hostel food.
They said the food was stale and sometimes even had insects in it.
They complained many times, but no one fixed the problem.
So about 100 students gathered outside the boys' hostel with their food and plates to show everyone.
Their protest blocked the road traffic for many hours.
The police came and took 15 students to the police station.
Other students are upset about something different.
They are waiting for rooms in the hostel even though classes started long ago.
About 800 students want hostel rooms, but there are not enough.
The college principal says the rule for giving out rooms is being followed.
Around 15 students of Nizam College were detained by Abids police in Hyderabad after a Friday protest over poor hostel food blocked traffic for several hours.
About 100 students staged a dharna outside the boys' hostel in Basheerbagh from about 11 am, displaying food and utensils.
Students alleged that stale food and meals containing insects had been served, and that their complaints had received no proper response.
A separate protest, now in its third day, centers on delayed hostel allotment, with about 800 students awaiting rooms.
Police intervened on Thursday evening when students tried to enter the Principal's chamber, while the Principal said allocation is done as per rules.
- Who
- Students of Nizam College, including protesters such as Kiran Basa, Ashwini Kumar, Vijay and Pallavi, along with Abids police and college and university officials.
- What
- Protests over poor hostel food and delayed hostel room allotment, leading to the detention of 15 students and hours of traffic blockage.
- Where
- Outside the boys' hostel in Basheerbagh and inside Nizam College, Hyderabad.
- When
- On Friday, which was the third day of the hostel-allotment protest; the dharna began at about 11 am.
- Why
- Students said the hostel served stale food and food containing insects, and that hostel rooms had not been allotted despite a one-and-a-half-month wait.
Students
College Administration and Police
Hostel room allocation
Students
Full-fee-paying students have attended classes for about one-and-a-half months without hostel rooms; many come from far places and miss lunch, so allocation must be completed without further delay.
College Administration and Police
Principal Prof Ch Srinivas maintained that allocation is done as per rules and directed students to speak to Osmania University's Prof Kumar Molugaram.
Handling of the protest
Students
The protest is about students' basic health and safety because the food is not fit to eat and complaints received no proper response.
College Administration and Police
Police detained around 15 students after the protest blocked traffic for several hours and intervened when students attempted to enter the Principal's chamber.
Key facts
- Students detained
- Around 15
- Students protesting outside hostel
- About 100
- Protest location
- Boys' hostel, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad
- Dharna timing
- From about 11 am on Friday
- Students seeking hostel accommodation
- About 800
- Day of hostel-allotment protest
- Third day
- Key allegations
- Stale food and insects found in meals
- Institution
- Nizam College, Hyderabad
Quotes
Unnamed protesting student
Student participating in the protest
“Non-scholarship students who had joined the college had been attending classes for around one-and-a-half months, while hostel accommodation was still not allotted to them, some of them come from far off places while some of them do not get to reach their private hostel in time to get their lunch.”
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“We are being given food that is not fit to eat. We have complained several times, but there has been no proper response.”
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Sources
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