Withdraw Notices Slapped on DU Students Demanding Water: Water Min

Mishra wrote a letter to the VC, saying the administration’s act was “reprehensible, inexcusable and oppressive.”

On the evening of 23 April, women from the hostel took to the streets to protest the water crisis that culminated in unbearable living conditions and illnesses. (Photo: Pinjra Tod)

Following a hue and cry over notices being issued to women protesting severe water shortages in the Undergraduate Hostel for Girls, Delhi Water Minister Kapil Mishra met the DU Vice Chancellor Yogesh Tyagi on Wednesday and demanded immediate withdrawal of the notices slapped on residents.

Mishra also wrote a letter to Tyagi, saying the hostel administration’s act was “reprehensible, inexcusable and oppressive” in nature.

Has Delhi University women’s hostel along with its complete lack of administration which deprived the students their right to water, also waived their fundamental right to freedom of speech and expression? Isn’t there any responsibility of the university and its hostel to ensure basic facilities and not make students’ lives difficult if not comfortable?

Kapil Mishra

(With inputs from PTI)