Coimbatore: 150 students of engineering college protest over quality of food

COIMBATORE: As many as 150 students, including 20 girls, of Sree Sakthi Engineering College at Bettathapuram near Karamadai staged a sit in protest in front of the college on Friday, demanding action against the college principal for allegedly using foul language against the students who complained about the bad quality of food served to them at the college hostel.
Around 320 students including 70 girl students have been studying at the engineering college. On Friday around 10.30am, as many as 150 students sat on the road infront of the college premises.
They said that one of the students named J Prasanth, 20, a third year BE (Mechanic) student from Udhagamandalam in the Nilgiris district and three more students lodged a complaint with the college principal Prabhu over the bad quality of food served to them at the hostel. They allegedly found worms in the food. However, the students were allegedly ill treated by the college principal on October 11.
The students demanded action against the college principal.
The Chairman of the college N Dharma Lingam and Periyanaickenpalayam police officials held talks with the students. The college chairman promised the students that he and the college correspondent Karthikeyan will meet the students once in a month and will rectify their grievances. He also promised them that hevwould conduct a thorough inquiry over the charges levelled against the principal and appropriate action would be taken.
Following the talk, the students had withdrawn the protest around 12.45pm and returned their class rooms to attend their routine class.