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.