Mumbai: Slab falls in IIT student’s hostel room

Mumbai | Monday | 12th November, 2018

Summary:

MUMBAI: Pieces of a chipped wall in a room at IIT-Bombay’s hostel 14 fell on a student’s bed and table on Saturday night, raising concern over safety of students in hostel rooms. A student from hostel 14 said the seven-storey building is comparatively new and was built less than 10 years ago. But to ensure that the incident does not recur, our hostel council is planning to figure out the extent of the problem,” said the student. But with the large number of students on campus, the institute is unable to keep those 10% rooms free...

With ongoing students’ internship programmes , maintenance during vacations is difficult. It ensures that students can be shifted to available rooms during maintenance..