Four girls injured as ceiling crashes at DU college

New Delhi, Aug 30 (PTI) Four girl students of DelhiUniversity’s Daulat Ram College were injured when a part ofthe ceiling of a classroom collapsed and fell on themprompting the police to register a case of negligence againstthe college governing body. Agitated students staged a protest demanding betterinfrastructure and accountability from the collegeadministration prompting the authorities to suspend theclasses for the day. At around 11.45 AM when classes were on, a part of theceiling of classroom number 105 at DRC fell. Four studentswere injured and were given medical attention. Confirming the incident, Savita Roy, principal said, "Yesa part of the roof broke and injured four students.Unfortunately the college infrastructure is in bad shape andthere are more rooms which are in similar state." "The students were rushed to nearby hospital and areabsolutely fine now," she added. In July and earlier this month, students and teachersprotested against the college administrating demandingimprovement of the infrastructure. "The classrooms of the college are in a dilapidatedcondition. After the incident today, classes were called offand there was a protest by the students. Earlier also,students had protested against the college authorities forpoor infrastructure but to no avail," a student alleged. According to police officials, a case under sections 336,337IPC has been lodged at the Maurice Nagar police stationagainst the college governing body and further investigationis underway. PTI GJS/SLBRG