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Delhi University all geared up for the New Year

Mandira Nayar

SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME: The scene at DU on Saturday as seniors go ahead with "rehearsals" for the big day. PHOTO: SANDEEP SAXENA

NEW DELHI: With Delhi University all set to begin its new academic year this Monday, the authorities are going all out to ensure that the newcomers have happy memories of their first days on the campus. To "facilitate their smooth induction", the University has chalked out elaborate plans on a war footing to keep the campus free of ragging.

Two joint control rooms have been set up with the police on the North Campus and South Campus for students to lodge complaints. College hostels have been directed to restrict entry of outsiders and prominently display rules about prohibition of ragging. Unannounced inspections to detect unauthorised entry or stay in hostels will be conducted and no guests will be allowed to stay in the hostels during the initial weeks of the new academic year.

While 15 Delhi University colleges have installed closed-circuit television cameras to keep an eye on their students, others will stick to the old-fashioned ways to tackle the problem. Disciplinary squads will be set up in colleges, including the evening colleges, so that the freshers don't face a problem. "Arrangements for provision of sealed complaint boxes in colleges, especially those with hostels, and fixing responsibility for looking into the complaints received and to take immediate action wherever required have been made," said University Proctor Gurmeet Singh over the weekend.

The Delhi University Students' Union is also doing its bit for the newcomers. It has appointed five anti-ragging teams to be deployed in different areas. "We have also tied up with the police, and lady constables will be available for girl students in case they face any problem," said DUSU president Ragini Nayak.

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