DU girl students protesting against fee hike

The girl students of Delhi University have been protesting for the last 18 days against the administration's fee hike, hostel timing and allocation of hostel seats. The protesters made it clear that if their demands will not get fulfilled within the time then they will go for a hunger strike.

New Delhi: Protest of Delhi University girl students against the administration for issues like fee hike, hostel timing, allocation of hostel seats, reached to its 18th day on Sunday.

The girls staged a protest with the demand for the immediate imposition of the UGC and the Saksham Committee's recommendations.

Not only that, but the agitated girl students also said that if their demands will not bee fulfilled with time then they will go for a hunger strike from March 25.

While talking to ETV Bharat, a protester said, "Hostel timing is varying from the Post Graduate students to the Under Graduate students. For the Post Graduate Colleges, it is 10:30 pm while for the Under Graduate colleges it is 7:30 pm. Though, after we have started to protest, the administration changed the timing to 10:00 pm."

"Not only the timing, but the fee hike also made it hard for us to continue our study. As the fees for girls are 85,000 to 1,50,000, while the boys' hostel fees are from 40,000 to 60,000 only. We have to bear a hefty amount in comparison to the boys," said the students.

Besides this, the protesters demanded the centralisation of the allocation of the hostel seats for girls.

While asking about their expectation from the authority in this regard, the protesters said that they were being assured by the administration that the latter will look after the issues on March 18. Therefore, the protesters will continue their protest with the hope for good.