Jagannath University Students Facing Acute Residential Crisis

Acute residential crisis in JnU

From the inception, the Jagannath University, one of the leading state-owned universities of the country, has been suffering with acute accommodation crisis.

Once the Jagannath College was upgraded into a University in 2005 but expected infrastructural development did not build. Due to accommodation crisis students of the university have been suffering a lot.

The Vice-Chancellor of the University Dr. Mizanur Rahman pledged that residential problem will get most priority during his tenure.

Obviously, the residential crisis has been prevailing in the university from its inception. The administration has repeatedly failed to address the crisis, said the VC.

Meanwhile, we could able to lay foundation stone of a 20-storey female hostel. The construction works has been launched recently.

Sources said influential political leaders had taken possession of all JnU dormitories, forcing the varsity's 23,000 students to suffer accommodation crisis.

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Account BenefitThe university is estimated to have 8,000 female students who do not have residential facilities, let alone a single room for each of them to reside in. Some said homeowners often refuse to rent rooms out to students. Humayra and Nijhum of Sociology Department said, "It is tough to rent a house in old Dhaka where householders ask for a big advance".

Some dubbed the 'hunt for a house' in old Dhaka a 'Herculean task'. They said a maximum number of homeowners refuse to rent houses to unmarried female students. Some demand a huge advance. To take a two-room flat, it requires Tk. 1 lakh to pay in advance.

"To figure out all costs - university fees, house rents and transport fees - it appears that we are studying in a private varsity, not a public varsity", said Lucky Akter, a student of English Department.
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