40 Tribal Hostel Girls Escape Through Window Over Overcrowding, Poor Food In MP's Dhar
Dhar (Madhya Pradesh): Around 40 students of Mata Shabri Tribal Girls Hostel at the Nisarpur rehabilitation site in Dhar district left the hostel through a window late on Sunday, alleging overcrowding, poor food and inadequate facilities. The students set out on foot towards Kukshi but were stopped near Katnera bridge, about two-and-a-half km away, by villagers, social workers and police. They…
Around 40 students from the Mata Shabri Tribal Girls Hostel in Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh, fled the facility through a window late Sunday, claiming the dormitory was overcrowded, served substandard food, and lacked proper amenities. The girls, who were supposed to accommodate 50, were actually hosting over 140, including 50 from the Girls Education Complex.
Due to the overcapacity, multiple students sometimes had to share a single bed. The students demanded the relocation of the Girls Education Complex residents and the removal of the current hostel management. They also alleged that officials conducting inspections rarely entered the hostel or conversed with them about their issues.
The hostel administration assured the students that their complaints would be addressed by the following Monday afternoon. Consequently, the students returned to the hostel in vehicles around 2 am. The source questioned why the students chose to leave the hostel at night instead of addressing their grievances during the day, and called for an investigation into whether anyone had incited them to protest.
Meanwhile, students from the Kasturba Gandhi Girls Hostel in Keshvi staged a protest outside the Collector's office on Monday, demanding the suspension of the warden due to overcrowding and poor living conditions. The students claimed that five students were forced to sleep on a single bed and that the quality and quantity of food served were unsatisfactory.
The protest continued for two to three hours until the students were satisfied with a written assurance that the warden would be suspended.
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