Multiple Delhi University students’ groups, including the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, National Students’ Union of India and others on Monday protested the proposed construction of a 39-storey building near North Campus.
The protesters say the building “would breach the privacy of women’s hostels in the vicinity and alter the cultural landscape of the area”. A student who had gone on a hunger strike continued his protest for the second day.
The NSUI carried out a march up to Vishwavidyalaya metro station. The building will end the dream of creating a closed North Campus, said NSUI.
The Delhi University Students’ Union and the ABVP carried out a rally from the Faculty of Arts to the construction site. ABVP Secretary Sidharth Yadav said the building was a “sordid episode of legalised larceny, symbiotic corruption and moral turpitude”.
He added that the members of the group would petition the North civic body, DMRC, the L-G and the officials of the Ministry of Defence to seek redressal.
