Bangalore College college students hurry to vacate as hostels turn out to be Covid care centres

A number of college students in Bangalore College‘s (BU) Jnanabharati campus on Mysuru Street are left in a repair as they’ve been requested to vacate their hostels instantly as the State Authorities desires to take over two hostels situated on the campus to be transformed into Covid Care Centres (CCC).

Though many of the college students weren’t on the campus because the college has been shut since March this yr because of the pandemic, the scholars rushed to the campus on Tuesday to take again their belongings and vacate their rooms.

One of many college students who resides within the girls’s hostel stated, “I obtained a message final night time from my good friend within the hostel stating that we needed to vacate the room instantly. I needed to make transport preparations to shift my baggage,” she stated. Many college students stated that they have been upset that they weren’t given any intimation and have been requested to vacate the hostel at such a brief discover.



One other M.Com pupil stated that this confirmed the dearth of preparedness by the state authorities in dealing with the scenario. “For thus many weeks, there was a lockdown and the federal government ought to have used the time to arrange to deal with the surge in instances. That will have benefited all of us,” the coed added.

KR Venugopal, Vice-Chancellor of the college, stated that the state authorities had requested them to vacate two of the hostels the place 750 beds could possibly be arrange and the ability could be used as Covid care centres. “One of many hostels is a girls hostel and must be vacated. The opposite hostel which was presupposed to accommodate girls college students from North Japanese states is vacant and we are going to hand that over as nicely,” he stated. He stated that he had “satisfied” college students to vacate the premises because it was a “nationwide emergency”. He stated that if issues get vital, they might should vacate extra hostels.