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DU Vice Chancellor inspects colleges, takes stock of cleanliness system

The property defaced during the DUSU elections has been cleaned: Chief Election Officer

University of Delhi Vice Chancellor Prof Yogesh Singh has been on inspection of colleges for the last 3 days. In this episode, on Sunday, he visited the colleges of the South Campus. He is also discussing with the principals and concerned officials along with taking stock of the cleanliness system himself. Chief Election Officer of University of Delhi Students Union Election 2024 Prof Satyapal Singh said that many colleges have been inspected by the Vice Chancellor himself, while in many places the inspection has been done by other officials with the team. He told that during the DUSU elections 2024, some committees were formed to remove posters and flexes etc. from the properties. All the colleges have been inspected by the committees.

The Chief Election Officer said that with the cooperation of the students and the university, the defaced property has been cleaned. Vice Chancellor Prof. Yogesh Singh is constantly monitoring the arrangements. He himself is visiting colleges and departments and inspecting the arrangements. Prof. Satyapal Singh informed that as per the direction of the Delhi High Court, on 23rd October, all the colleges/departments/institutes/centres were requested to take immediate necessary steps for cleanliness and send status report. As per the report received, more than 90% of the colleges/departments/institutes/centres have made their campus free from any kind of defacement.

He informed that Vice Chancellor Prof Yogesh Singh in a meeting held on 23rd October had noted that the University Committee on Prevention of Defacement of Property (UCPDP) was constituted in August, 2018. The Vice Chancellor has constituted the UCPDP Committee in compliance with the guidelines of the Hon'ble Delhi High Court. A notification to this effect was issued on 24th October. On 24th October 2024 itself, the Vice Chancellor also called a meeting with DUSU candidates and directed the students to take all possible measures to remove the defacements. The Vice Chancellor has also directed the senior officials of the University to visit the colleges/departments/institutes/centres and University campuses to inspect the arrangements for removing defacement from public/private property.

The Chief Election Officer said that the Vice Chancellor himself, along with senior officials of the University, had inspected Hindu College, Kirori Mal College, Ramjas College and Hansraj College on 24 October. On 25 October, he visited Satyawati College (morning and evening) and SGTB Khalsa College. On Sunday, 26 October, the Vice Chancellor visited Motilal Nehru College (morning and evening), Ram Lal Anand College and Aryabhatta College and took stock of the cleanliness arrangements. Prof. Satyapal Singh said that many DUSU candidates have also cleaned the walls along with their teams and have also submitted before and after cleaning photographs to the election office. Two candidates have also submitted videos of the cleaning.

The Chief Election Officer of DUSU election had deployed teams of 20 observers on 10 different routes in all the colleges/departments/institutes/centres to inspect the garbage in and around the colleges on 26th October. Those teams have submitted their status report on the cleaning of garbage in the colleges/departments/institutes/centres in the afternoon. He himself visited Hansraj College and Laxmi Bai College to inspect the cleanliness in these colleges. All the observers reported that they found that the garbage in and around the colleges has been removed.