Last Update: February 21, 2023, 11:13 IST
Like every year, the university is alert and taking preventive measures to ensure security on campus (file photo)
Delhi University has asked its constituent colleges to form committees to avoid any “unpleasant incident” during the festival and “strengthen the sense of security” among students, especially girls.
Holding meetings with Delhi Police personnel manning the joint control room and asking colleges to form committees, the University of Delhi said during the Holi festival to avoid any “unpleasant incident” and to instill a “sense of security” among students. One of the preventive steps taken to strengthen Girls.
Holi will be celebrated on 8 March. Like every year, the university is alert and taking preventive measures to ensure security on campus.
In a circular to all colleges, Delhi University proctor Rajni Abbi said, “The university prepares itself to prevent any threat of hooliganism in the name of Holi and avoid any untoward incident during the festival in the university campus and its colleges.” To do.”
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Delhi University has asked its constituent colleges to form committees to avoid any “unpleasant incident” during the festival and “strengthen the sense of security” among students, especially girls.
A notice has been issued by Abbi to counter ‘hooliganism’ in the name of Holi.
The proctor said that any person found indulging in such acts of indiscipline and harassment would face strict disciplinary action.
“The University has taken necessary steps to make internal and external security arrangements in the campus, its affiliated colleges and hostels, to combat acts of hooliganism and hooliganism in the name of Holi festival, which may harm the members of the University community, especially Girls are harmed by this. students,” the circular read.
It added that those who are found to be indulging in such acts of indiscipline and harassment, strict disciplinary action would be taken against them under the provisions of the University Ordinances and the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act-2013.
The Proctorial Board has also convened a meeting with police officers of NCT Delhi on March 1 to discuss various preventive measures to be taken to “deal with hooliganism”.
The university has issued guidelines, asking all students not to play the festival in a rowdy manner with wet colours, balloons or pistons in any of their educational institutions.
Besides this, it will set up control rooms in the North and South campuses to receive complaints from students during the festival.
As reported, a control room jointly manned by Delhi Police and DTC officials and university officials in the North and South campuses will be manned to deal with any untoward incident.
Besides this, the university has directed principals, deans of faculties, heads of departments and provosts of halls and hostels to remain available to deal with any eventuality.
The circular states, “We are seeking necessary cooperation and support from law and order authorities, Metro and DTC authorities to maintain peace and harmony and monitor the situation so that untoward incidents are avoided during the festival of Holi.” “
“The joint control room in the North and South campuses will work with the Delhi Police. DU’s internal security personnel will closely monitor the incidents to take timely action to maintain peace and order.”
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