CU representative: AF Rahman of Chittagong University (CU) is plagued with various problems, including poor quality of food, shortage of clean water, and toilet problems. After a long time, the students were legally allocated seats, but these problems were not resolved. The students also said that the hall administration is indifferent about this. Besides, the students of the hall complained about the non-cooperative behavior of the provost. Last Thursday, the students of the hall protested with 7-point demands regarding the problem of the hall.
It is known that the resident students of AF Rahman Hall protested on various demands, including a food problem, an investigation of budget corruption, a water problem, and taking action against those involved in the budget corruption investigation. Later, he submitted a memorandum containing seven point demands to the Vice-Chancellor (Administrative) of the University. In this, the students demanded to declare F Rahman Hall’s poor assistant Kaiser uninvited from the university and the hall and to investigate the corruption related to the hall’s budget and take appropriate action against the accused.
Students said that the problem at F Rahman Hall is long-standing. Since we got up in the hall, I told the provost sir. He advised us to agitate for it. The students demanded that the toilet on the west side of the hall be completed on an urgent basis and necessary steps be taken for iron-free and safe water at all times. Besides, making necessary arrangements to ensure high-speed internet service in the hall, installing new ablutions for the mosque in the hall, renovating the road leading from the hall to the central mosque, taking steps to install new stairs, arranging a permanent badminton court, renovating the hall grounds, including installing new benches, and cycling outside the hall. And the students demanded to set up a bike stand.
It is known that the resident students of AF Rahman Hall met the provost on October 29 and demanded 21 points regarding the overall development of the hall. At the time, the provost said work was underway on some issues and the hall’s budget shortfall for other work. The provost expressed his inability to take action on many issues and said that these issues are not in the hands of the administration. The central administration and engineering department of the university is in charge of it, said the provost.
A master’s student of the public administration department said that after allotment of seats in the hall, the residential students are suffering due to slow speed in various tasks, including wifi problems, cleanliness problems, water problems, and bathroom work. For this, we have given 7-point demands to the hall administration to ensure the progress of the overall development and renovation work of the hall.
F Rahman Hall Provost Professor Dr. Mohammad Taslim Uddin declined to comment over the phone when called.
