Lucknow University students take Twitter route to seek rented rooms

LUCKNOW: Left in the lurch, several outstation students of Lucknow University on Sunday took to Twitter, requesting authorities to make arrangement for their accommodation as it has become difficult for them to get rented rooms in the city during pandemic.


These students were allotted rooms in the previous session, but could not get the facility in the current session after the on-campus classes resumed a week ago as LU decided to allocate only 30% of the

hostel space

to ensure physical distancing due to Covid restrictions.

A two-bed room was earlier allotted to two students, but now it has been given to only one with priority to students who have to attend practical classes or do on-campus research. The rest are being encouraged to continue with the online classes. There are 17 hostels in LU with a total capacity of 2,800. So far, only 800 students have been allotted space. Some of the rooms in a few hostels have not been allocated so far because of the ongoing renovation work.

LU spokesperson

Durgesh Srivastava

said, "We have given students both online and offline options for studies and trying our best to accommodate as many as we can in accordance with the Covid protocol. Students should understand that it is for their safety." However, students said that LU should make some arrangements for them in the present crisis. "We are not getting rented rooms in the city and attending on-campus classes is as important for us as those who have practicals," said BA honours II student Utkarsh Singh, who has come from Lakhimpur Kheri. BCom II student Alia Khan from Bahraich said "I am staying with my relatives, who have asked me to move to hostel since I go to the campus everyday and they fear I may get exposed to Covid-19 in LU and bring it home."


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