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Karnataka CM Inspects Kanakapura Hostel, Hears Student Grievances
Karnataka Chief Minister D K Shivakumar made an unannounced visit to a college hostel in Kanakapura.
He met students and had lunch with them.
He looked at their rooms and toilets.
He noticed that the students did not have bedsheets.
Students also shared concerns about hostel facilities and bus services.
Shivakumar asked them to write down their problems.
He said the government would review and fix the remaining issues.
Students from several Karnataka districts were staying at the hostel and had free bus passes.
D K Shivakumar visited the boys’ hostel of Dr B R Ambedkar Government College in Kanakapura on September 13.
He inspected the hostel’s rooms and toilets and noticed that students lacked bedsheets.
The chief minister had lunch with students and asked them to write down their problems.
Students raised concerns about hostel facilities and bus services.
Shivakumar said about 75 per cent of the hostel’s facilities were good and promised that remaining issues would be addressed.
- Who
- Karnataka Chief Minister D K Shivakumar and students at the Dr B R Ambedkar Government College hostel.
- What
- Shivakumar made a surprise inspection, interacted with students, and collected their grievances about hostel facilities and bus services.
- Where
- The boys’ hostel of Dr B R Ambedkar Government College in Kanakapura, Bengaluru South district, Karnataka.
- When
- The visit took place on September 13; the report was issued on September 14.
- Why
- To inspect the hostel and hear student concerns so that unresolved issues could be reviewed and addressed.
Key facts
- Visitor
- D K Shivakumar, Karnataka Chief Minister
- Location
- Kanakapura, Bengaluru South district, Karnataka
- Facility
- Boys’ hostel of Dr B R Ambedkar Government College
- Visit date
- September 13
- Observed issue
- Students did not have bedsheets
- Student support
- Students were provided free bus passes
- Facility assessment
- About 75 per cent of the hostel facilities were described as good
Quotes
D K Shivakumar
Karnataka Chief Minister who visited the Kanakapura government college hostel
“I made an unannounced visit to the hostel in Kanakapura, had lunch with the students and interacted with them. I inspected the rooms and toilets here. I noticed that they do not have bedsheets. I got them to write down their problems themselves.”
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