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'Student forced to live life of prisoners'

Power cuts affect water supply, students' lives at stake in GMC' hostels
7/2/2017
Nitesh Sangral
Early Times Report 

JAMMU, July 2: The inmates of Girls Hostel of Government Medical College and Hospital (GMC&H) Jammu are being forced to live their life like prisoners as the stifling of them is continuing due to denial of basic facilities and poor infrastructure, causing mental harassment.

Moreover, at present crores of rupees of students' welfare funds are lying unused in the bank account. In spite of repeated requests for their rights, it seems concerned administration of hostel as well as GMC Jammu is in no mood to take remedial measures.

"The electricity goes off it become daily routine. We want to share today's morning episode, the electricity went off and the students could not take a bath because there is no water without electricity.
They say it is a perennial problem and whenever they talk to the authorities about it, either students get threats. "Despite paying charges of the hostel maintenance and others excluded 'mess charges', we are getting threats from the concerned authorities, "they alleged adding that out of two, only a water filter is purifying water which caters rush of PG and UG girls.

Due to power cuts, inmates have to drink contaminated water. In addition, security of Girls is at stake as gate between medical college and Girls' Hostel has been order to be closed. These difficulties were taken up with concerned Warden but she prefers to remain silent.

Principal of GMC Dr Sunanda Raina said the matter of electricity has been taken up with the officials of PDD and hoped that the problems will be solved as soon. When asked, a water filter is not working, she denied and claimed that the filter has been fixed still she assure to ask concern about the status of the filter.
Warden Dr Seema Gupta was not available for comment. 

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