Cow centre at Hansraj College draws flak from students
New Delhi Jan 27 PTI A cow protection and research centre set up at Delhi Universitys Hansraj College has drawn the ire of students who claim that it has been set up at a site reserved for a womens hostelCollege principal Rama Sharma however said architects found the site unsuitable for building a hostel as it is a setback areaThe Students Federation of India SFI unit of Hansraj College alleged that a gaushala cow shelter dubbed as Swami Dayanand Cow-Protection and Research Centre has been constructed at the site reserved for the womens hostelAs colleges shut down because of the pandemic our college administration demanded full fees even though most of our families were suffering economic hardships Now imagine our surprise when we learn that while the campus has been shut the college has finished the construction of a full-fledged gaushala without any warning or discussion with the student community the SFI allegedIt said students will launch a vigorous campaign against this move It also demanded that the gaushala be pulled down and the construction of the long-awaited womens hostel be startedSharma said architects had examined the site in question and informed the college that a hostel could not be built thereArchitects had seen the site and told us that it is a setback area and a hostel cannot be constructed there The womens hostel is my dream project and architects will identify a suitable place for it she saidWe are getting a master plan of the entire college drawn up by professional architects since we want to have more classrooms and a hostel that can accommodate 100 women students she addedSharma also denied the centre was a gaushalaThere is only one cow at the centre to enable students to carry out research and it is not a gaushala she saidWe were thinking of setting up a gobar gas plant before Covid and this has been done as an experiment she addedThe principal said theirs is a DAV trust college and a havan is held every month on the campus PTI SLB DIV DIV
New Delhi Jan 27 PTI A cow protection and research centre set up at Delhi Universitys Hansraj College has drawn the ire of students who claim that it has been set up at a site reserved for a womens hostelCollege principal Rama Sharma however said architects found the site unsuitable for building a hostel as it is a setback areaThe Students Federation of India SFI unit of Hansraj College alleged that a gaushala cow shelter dubbed as Swami Dayanand Cow-Protection and Research Centre has been constructed at the site reserved for the womens hostelAs colleges shut down because of the pandemic our college administration demanded full fees even though most of our families were suffering economic hardships Now imagine our surprise when we learn that while the campus has been shut the college has finished the construction of a full-fledged gaushala without any warning or discussion with the student community the SFI allegedIt said students will launch a vigorous campaign against this move It also demanded that the gaushala be pulled down and the construction of the long-awaited womens hostel be startedSharma said architects had examined the site in question and informed the college that a hostel could not be built thereArchitects had seen the site and told us that it is a setback area and a hostel cannot be constructed there The womens hostel is my dream project and architects will identify a suitable place for it she saidWe are getting a master plan of the entire college drawn up by professional architects since we want to have more classrooms and a hostel that can accommodate 100 women students she addedSharma also denied the centre was a gaushalaThere is only one cow at the centre to enable students to carry out research and it is not a gaushala she saidWe were thinking of setting up a gobar gas plant before Covid and this has been done as an experiment she addedThe principal said theirs is a DAV trust college and a havan is held every month on the campus PTI SLB DIV DIV
