Be ready to stay in PGs: DU warns outstation students

With the admission season in Delhi University just starting, officials have already cautioned outstation students to be prepared to stay in Paying Guest (PG) accommodations around their colleges, as the varsity cannot fulfil the need for housing of all new students.

Addressing students on the last day of the ‘open house’ session on Saturday, university officials said that the “university can only accommodate a few students in its hostels, so outstation students should be ready to stay in PG accommodations when they come to study here”.

No space

As per DU’s website, only 14 out of the 64 colleges provide residential facilities for students. The university also has two off-campus hostels for students --- International Students House for Women (for International students only) and Under Graduate Hostel for Girls. University officials themselves agree that this is not enough to house the large number of students who seek admission each year.

“Every year 54,000 students get admission in DU, from where will we get the space to accommodate them? This is why we advise students to be ready to live in PG accommodations near their colleges,” said Dean of Students’ Welfare J.M. Khurana.

Some of the colleges that provide hostel facilities include Daulat Ram College for Women, Hans Raj College, Hindu College, Indraprastha College for Women, Kirori Mal College, Keshav Mahavidyalaya, LSR College for Women, Miranda House, Maharaja Agrasen College for Women, Ramjas College, Shri Ram College of Commerce, St. Stephen's College, Sri Venkateswara College and SGTB Khalsa College. Co-ed colleges like Hindu and Hansraj have only boys hostel.

While plans for a girls hostel in Hansraj have been in the works for sometime now, Hindu recently built a girls hostel.

However, it has not been opened up for accommodation this year after it got embroiled in a controversy over the hostel's high fee and rules and regulations.

Only 14 out of 64 DU colleges provide residential facilities; there are also two

off-campus hostels