At 8:00 am on 29th March, 2011 Akshay Tyagi - a first year undergraduate student of Indian Institute of Information Technology lost his life as the Institute bus ran over him while he was boarding the bus. This happened at the Naini campus of the institute which is about 19km away from the main Allahabad city. Per eyewitnesses the authorities did not rush Akshay to any medical aid and Akshay died on the spot suffering from wounds and injuries. The driver also fled the scene and an FIR could only be lodged late in the evening after much pursuance by the first-year cohort at IIIT Allahabad.
IIIT Allahabad is a premier institute of Information Technology in India and was established by the Ministry of HRD in 1999. Ever since its inception, the institute has maintained a small campus at Naini, Allahabad around an industrial area where no medical facilities are available for students. Despite being in service for around 10 years, the Naini campus has no full-time doctor at service and it takes at least about an hour for students to reach the main city to receive any medical aid.
To make matters worse there was no representation from the institute at the cremation of Akshay's body. Reports from students suggest that the administration tried its level best to suppress the news and pressurized students to not take up the matter with the police or local media. To mark Akshay's tragic death students have been protesting ever since near the administrative block of IIIT Allahabad to demand better amenities and prompt action against negligent officials responsible for the lack of medical facilities at Naini campus. Students have also blamed the Director for ignoring the condition of the Naini campus until matters took turn for a worse on 28th March. Till the compilation of this report, students had already sat for near about 36 continuous hours to demand proper compensation and accountability from the administration.
As per latest reports and videos from the campus the administration has resorted to pressure tactics to coerce the agitating students to discard their peaceful protest. Heavy presence of armed police force has been called while the local media is being deterred from giving any coverage to the incident. Some reports suggest that the administration has informed parents and wards of agitating students warning them of dire consequences unless they end their protest. According to unconfirmed reports the institute has been adjourned sine die until further notice.
It is interesting to note here that this is not the first time students have died from lack of medical aid at IIIT Allahabad. In 2009 another B.Tech student Megha Goel and in 2010 a student from the MBA class at IIIT Allahabad had died primarily because of the lack of proper medical care.
IIIT Allahabad is a premier institute of Information Technology in India and was established by the Ministry of HRD in 1999. Ever since its inception, the institute has maintained a small campus at Naini, Allahabad around an industrial area where no medical facilities are available for students. Despite being in service for around 10 years, the Naini campus has no full-time doctor at service and it takes at least about an hour for students to reach the main city to receive any medical aid.
To make matters worse there was no representation from the institute at the cremation of Akshay's body. Reports from students suggest that the administration tried its level best to suppress the news and pressurized students to not take up the matter with the police or local media. To mark Akshay's tragic death students have been protesting ever since near the administrative block of IIIT Allahabad to demand better amenities and prompt action against negligent officials responsible for the lack of medical facilities at Naini campus. Students have also blamed the Director for ignoring the condition of the Naini campus until matters took turn for a worse on 28th March. Till the compilation of this report, students had already sat for near about 36 continuous hours to demand proper compensation and accountability from the administration.
As per latest reports and videos from the campus the administration has resorted to pressure tactics to coerce the agitating students to discard their peaceful protest. Heavy presence of armed police force has been called while the local media is being deterred from giving any coverage to the incident. Some reports suggest that the administration has informed parents and wards of agitating students warning them of dire consequences unless they end their protest. According to unconfirmed reports the institute has been adjourned sine die until further notice.
It is interesting to note here that this is not the first time students have died from lack of medical aid at IIIT Allahabad. In 2009 another B.Tech student Megha Goel and in 2010 a student from the MBA class at IIIT Allahabad had died primarily because of the lack of proper medical care.
1 comments:
iiita does not have the qulaified doctor. Mrs sonia agarwal's degree is from rusia. She does not know abc of medicine.
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