Geysers, window panes inside hostels need to be fixed despite the buildings having been renovated for CWG 2010

Hot water taps run dry at Kirori Mal college

Geysers, window panes inside hostels need to be fixed despite the buildings having been renovated for CWG 2010

It's been more than a month since the curtains came down on the Commonwealth Games 2010 in Delhi. It has left behind many indelible memories - some favourable, others not so. For instance, many students at the prestigious Kirori Mal College in Delhi University have been left out in the cold.

Outside the Kirori Mal College hostel. file pics

The students were first ousted from the hostels as the premises had to be handed over to the CWG Organising Committee to accommodate visitors. The buildings were handed over to local contractors for renovation. Now that the students are 'back home', they are having to put up with more than a few inconveniences. Geysers, window panes, water outlets inside bathrooms need fixing.

The students have made several complaints to the hostel warden regarding the non-functioning equipment.
"We were excited and happy to get back to our newly done hostel rooms equipped with modern gadgets, expensive-looking bathroom fittings and improved sanitation facilities. But a few things started giving problems at the first instance of being used.

The water outlets in the bathrooms looked new, but got jammed creating a huge problem and making it unhygienic for all of us," said Atul Sharma, a second-year hosteller at KMC.u00a0u00a0u00a0

As per sources, a group of people who were engaged in the renovation task before the Games were to begin had visited the hostel recently. They jotted down things that have to be either fixed or replaced in the hostel rooms which included broken tiles, broken bed sides, non- functional windows, fans, taps and few other sittings.

"The students have come to us with complaints on several occassions. The committee has made a list of things to be fixed and would be visiting there sometime soon. The hostel has a good makeover after the CWG. Though a few things continue to give problems but they would be fixed soon," said Dr KA Singh, Hostel Warden, KMC.

3000
Approximate number of DU studentsu00a0 ousted from their hostels during CWG

No room service

Some 3,000 Delhi University students were desperately looking for places to stay after been being asked to vacate their college hostels to make way for the Commonwealth Games athletes. And with rents spiralling, many students are forced to stay in cramped accommodations.
Students of Hindu College, Kirori Mal, Ramjas, Hansraj and Daulat Ram colleges were asked to vacate their hostel rooms as soon as their exams got over in May.u00a0 Colleges like Miranda House and St.Stephen's gave their hostels to the Games organising committee later.

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