Call hostellers home, Panjab university to tell parents

CHANDIGARH: Panjab University is going to inform parents of all the hostellers residing on the campus to call their wards back home for their safety as Covid-19 cases are increasing at an alarming pace. In a direction, which the dean student welfare (DSW) office issued to all the wardens, it was stated that the authorities are facing problems for arranging food for hostellers and in case of any mishap, the authorities concerned will not be responsible.
Records revealed that a total of 104 students, including 100 boys and four girls, are residing on the campus at present. There are 20 international students, who will not be asked to leave the campus due to non-availability of flights to their respective countries.
The notice also stated that students, who are appearing in the exit class exams, will be asked to leave the hostel after the completion of examination. Out of four girls, who are staying in the hostel, one is from Bihar and the other three are international students.
From the past one month, the authorities are trying to get the hostels vacated as neither of them is paying the mess fees nor do they have any reason to stay back on the campus.
Sukhbir Kaur, DSW, said in the past fortnight, cases among the hostel staff had been reported and it had become difficult for the authorities to handle it. She said the authorities were trying to make arrangements for travel for students. She said their main concern was that the university was becoming a hot spot as every department had reported cases.
She said there was no scope to open the campus for at least more than a month and therefore, the wardens were asked to inform parents so that they could ask their wards to come back home.