Students stage protest in Hassan demanding basic facilities in girls hostel

Students stage protest in Hassan demanding basic facilities in girls hostel AIDSO district secretary Sushma D.S.

Key points

• Ambedkar Girls' Hostel in Hassan staged a protest demanding basic amenities on August 19, 2026.
• Ambedkar Girls' Hostel in Hassan staged a protest in front of the Social Welfare Department office on August 19 demanding basic amenities, including beds and window curtains.
• Hostel Workers Association seeks CID probe into food poisoning incidents at Dandoti, Karajagi residential schools in Kalaburagi.
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• It houses 110 students, opened onto the main road, but did not have curtains, denying minimum privacy to the inmates.

Students of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Girls' Hostel in Hassan staged a protest demanding basic amenities on August 19, 2026. Photo Credit: Special Arrangement.

Students of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Girls' Hostel in Hassan staged a protest in front of the Social Welfare Department office on August 19 demanding basic amenities, including beds and window curtains.

Meanwhile, the students, gathered under the banner of the Hassan district unit of the All India Democratic Students' Organisation (AIDSO), alleged that they lacked minimum facilities, such as window curtains, beds, cots, and mosquito coils, and that repeated appeals to the authorities concerned had gone unheeded.

AIDSO district secretary Sushma D.S. Remarked that windows in the hostel. It houses 110 students, opened onto the main road, but did not have curtains, denying minimum privacy to the inmates. The students had been forced to employ bed-sheets to cover the windows, she stated. They had additionally been demanding beds and cots, and had submitted written pleas, but the officers concerned had not responded.

For context, the students submitted a memorandum to senior officers of the department. This person promised that beds would be provided within 15 days, and other facilities within a week.

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