IMPHAL, Feb 27: The Thoubal College students union in served an ultimatum to the authorities of the Education Department, to send its representatives to the college to take stock of the crumbling infrastructures of the college within five days.
In a press conference held at the office of the students`™ union at the college today, the general secretary of the union, T. Rohit Meitei said if the authorities fail to pay heed to this warning, the students would resort to tough agitations to get their demand.
He said the college infrastructure is in a very bad shape, and even a girls hostel constructed in 2012, remains abandoned and unattended. Cracks are developing everywhere on the walls of the building, he added.
He said this is also on account of the total lack of quality control while the building was being constructed. All this is very disheartening for the students of the college, he further said.
He said the fencing of the college campus, the swimming pool, boys`™ hostel and the department blocks are all in extremely poor condition.
He underscored the point that the authorities of the education department must make a tour to the college and assess the situation, and then take remedial measures.
On the other hand, the student leader said, because the teachers of Thoubal College have also now joined the strike by a section of the college teachers, there is wide apprehension among students that annual syllabus would remain inadequately covered.
He said this is serious and a settlement must be reached at the soonest, adding the students resent the teachers of the college taking advantage of the strike call to do nothing meaningful and at the cost of the students academic careers.