Water shortage triggers protest in Pbi varsity

Tribune News Service

Patiala, August 1
Scarcity of water triggered angry protests at the girls’ hostel in Punjabi University. The incident took place during the wee hours today when the girl students at Mai Bhago Hostel protested against the university authorities for non-availability of water.
The protest continued till morning prompting the university authorities to swing into action. Soon, a temporary arrangement of water was made to ease the problem.
Sharing their plight, students said that there was an acute shortage of water in the washrooms for the past few days which has triggered serious hygiene issues in the university.
Some of the students were visiting washrooms located in other locations of the campus in the university to answer nature’s call or physical needs.
Sources said that when the issue snowballed into an angry protest, it was found that a water pumping machine had a small capacity and could not pump the water into the tanks. During the evening, the snag was fixed and the protest ended.