District admin assured to address students’ demands
Thursday, 03 AUGUST 2023 | PNS | NEW TEHRI
In latest Uttarakhand news, despite the State government having finally removed the principal of Government Nursing College at Sursing Dhar, Sabista Ahmad Naz as demanded by the students, the agitating students continued with their sit-in stir, demanding constitution of an inquiry committee to probe several complaints made against the former principal like the students being coerced into paying hefty fees. Later, following the assurance of the SDM Tehri Lakshmiraj Chauhan that their complaints would be addressed, the sit-in ended and classes resumed.
Notably, the students of the college had made multiple complaints on July 31 against the principal, including hefty fees being charged, their continuous harassment, cancellation of their internship at the Doon Hospital and low quality meals being served to them in the canteens. Taking cognizance of these complaints, the State medical education department had appointed Anju Yadav as the new principal while transferring Sabista Ahmed Naz to Champawat on August 1. However, the classes had not resumed even after the removal order was issued. The agitating students had refused to withdraw their sit-in stir, affirming that an inquiry committee must be constituted to probe the multiple complaints they had levelled against the then principal.
Finding the students adamant on the continuance of the sit-in, the SDM Chauhan intervened as instructed by the district magistrate Mayur Dixit. He reached the college and assured the students that their complaints would be addressed seriously at the earliest. He also inspected the laboratory, the library and the canteen along with the students. Thereafter, the college management asked for the list of the items being used in the lab and the items needed for its proper functioning. The college management office bearers assured that a report which will contain all the demands of the students would be sent to the State government. Following this assurance, the students ended their sit-in stir and normal classes resumed in the college.
