May 25, 2013

GNDU girls hostel in a ‘mess’

Algae infested cucumber, flour meant for chapattis covered with dirty cloth, cooked dal kept in unhygienic conditions alongside utensils lying for cleaning, cooks without any headgear or gloves, stinking vegetables in the refrigerators and inadequate and dirty water supplied from a tank without being purified.
Welcome to the girls hostel to the premier Guru Nanak Dev University at Amritsar.
In what raises serious question marks over the functioning of girls hostel at GNDU, Assistant Commissioner, Grievances, Amritsar, Lovejeet Kalsi observed the listed irregularities in the mess section of two blocks she inspected in the Mata Nanki Girls Hostel.
Overflowing and stinking dustbins added to the list among other things.
The inspection came after Amritsar Deputy Commissioner was sent an e-mail by the girl students about the prevailing sorry scenario in the hostel.
"The complaint was marked to me on Wednesday. And today I conducted a raid along with officers from the departments of food, safety and public health," Lovejeet said.
"Algae covered cucumbers meant to be served in lunch in salad to the students, rotten vegetables...everything was unhygienic," she added.
"They had fixed an RO plant near the water cooler. But, when we inspected in detail, the water was coming directly from the water tank without any purification. The RO system, apparently not working, was there just for show. Also, one water cooler is not enough for more than 400 girls who live on four floors in that particular hostel block," Lovejeet said.
"There was also this complaint that washrooms were dirty," Lovejeet added.
She said a number of samples had been taken and will be sent for testing and report expected in a fortnight's time.
Lovejeet also said that a hostel warden and Dean Student Welfare gave contrasting statements about a proposal sent for getting another water cooler for Block A. "While hostel warden said the proposal has been sent, Dean Student Welfare maintained that no formal proposal was in place so far," she said.
Lovejeet said administration would wait till the reports of samples come to initiate action in the case.
Algae infested cucumber, flour meant for chapattis covered with dirty cloth, cooked dal kept in unhygienic conditions alongside utensils lying for cleaning, cooks without any headgear or gloves, stinking vegetables in the refrigerators and inadequate and dirty water supplied from a tank without being purified. Welcome to the girls hostel to the premier Guru Nanak Dev University at Amritsar.
In what raises serious question marks over the functioning of girls hostel at GNDU, Assistant Commissioner, Grievances, Amritsar, Lovejeet Kalsi observed the listed irregularities in the mess section of two blocks she inspected in the Mata Nanki Girls Hostel.
Overflowing and stinking dustbins added to the list among other things.
The inspection came after Amritsar Deputy Commissioner was sent an e-mail by the girl students about the prevailing sorry scenario in the hostel.
"The complaint was marked to me on Wednesday. And today I conducted a raid along with officers from the departments of food, safety and public health," Lovejeet said.
"Algae covered cucumbers meant to be served in lunch in salad to the students, rotten vegetables...everything was unhygienic," she added.
"They had fixed an RO plant near the water cooler. But, when we inspected in detail, the water was coming directly from the water tank without any purification. The RO system, apparently not working, was there just for show. Also, one water cooler is not enough for more than 400 girls who live on four floors in that particular hostel block," Lovejeet said.
"There was also this complaint that washrooms were dirty," Lovejeet added.
She said a number of samples had been taken and will be sent for testing and report expected in a fortnight's time.
Lovejeet also said that a hostel warden and Dean Student Welfare gave contrasting statements about a proposal sent for getting another water cooler for Block A. "While hostel warden said the proposal has been sent, Dean Student Welfare maintained that no formal proposal was in place so far," she said.
Lovejeet said administration would wait till the reports of samples come to initiate action in the case.
- See more at: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/gndu-girls-hostel-in-a--mess-/1120406/0#sthash.9XQuHmEc.dpuf
Algae infested cucumber, flour meant for chapattis covered with dirty cloth, cooked dal kept in unhygienic conditions alongside utensils lying for cleaning, cooks without any headgear or gloves, stinking vegetables in the refrigerators and inadequate and dirty water supplied from a tank without being purified. Welcome to the girls hostel to the premier Guru Nanak Dev University at Amritsar.
In what raises serious question marks over the functioning of girls hostel at GNDU, Assistant Commissioner, Grievances, Amritsar, Lovejeet Kalsi observed the listed irregularities in the mess section of two blocks she inspected in the Mata Nanki Girls Hostel.
Overflowing and stinking dustbins added to the list among other things.
The inspection came after Amritsar Deputy Commissioner was sent an e-mail by the girl students about the prevailing sorry scenario in the hostel.
"The complaint was marked to me on Wednesday. And today I conducted a raid along with officers from the departments of food, safety and public health," Lovejeet said.
"Algae covered cucumbers meant to be served in lunch in salad to the students, rotten vegetables...everything was unhygienic," she added.
"They had fixed an RO plant near the water cooler. But, when we inspected in detail, the water was coming directly from the water tank without any purification. The RO system, apparently not working, was there just for show. Also, one water cooler is not enough for more than 400 girls who live on four floors in that particular hostel block," Lovejeet said.
"There was also this complaint that washrooms were dirty," Lovejeet added.
She said a number of samples had been taken and will be sent for testing and report expected in a fortnight's time.
Lovejeet also said that a hostel warden and Dean Student Welfare gave contrasting statements about a proposal sent for getting another water cooler for Block A. "While hostel warden said the proposal has been sent, Dean Student Welfare maintained that no formal proposal was in place so far," she said.
Lovejeet said administration would wait till the reports of samples come to initiate action in the case.
- See more at: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/gndu-girls-hostel-in-a--mess-/1120406/0#sthash.9XQuHmEc.dpuf

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