CRPF withdrawn from college
Irfan Tramboo
Srinagar, Dec 22: Class work is set to resume at Kashmir Government Polytechnic College, Gogji Bagh in Srinagar from tomorrow after four and a half months. The development has come after the students held protest last week demanding immediate relocation of security forces from the college premises.
Officials told Excelsior that the security forces that were stationed in the premises have been given substitute space a day before and the occupied space was handed over to the college.
The college administration also confirmed to Excelsior that the premise had been handed over to them and the class work was set to begin from tomorrow. The move, as per the students, has brought about much needed relief to them as they were running from pillar to post in order to get the class work at the college started.
“Yes, the paramilitary forces have been relocated two days back. We have been putting all the arrangements back for the students and have been carrying out required cleaning of the premises soon after they (forces) were relocated. The class work will resume from tomorrow and things will carry on as per routine,” Sajad Ahmad Khan, Head of the Department at Kashmir Govt Polytechnic College told Excelsior.
Pertinently, the forces were stationed at the College much before August 5 when the erstwhile J&K state was stripped of its special status and since then no measures were taken by the district administration to relocate the forces.
Students enrolled at the college for various courses expressed their happiness over the move of the administration of finally relocating the forces from the college premises.
As the College had remained out of bounds for the students since August 5, the studies of the students had taken a hit. After some signs of normalcy were visible on ground and almost all the educational institutions thrown open across the Valley, the College remained closed for educational activities forcing students to stage protests.
The students had also threatened that they would be forced to boycott the examinations that are scheduled to be held in February -owing to the fact that the major portion of the syllabus was yet to be covered.
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