Summary:
Going by the Act, the license issuing authority – the district collector has been vested with the powers to order to close the erring hostels. Though the district administration had asked them to get register in 2015, it did not get the desired response from them.“Very few visited the office and enquired about the process. Trichy: Unauthroised girls’ hostels in Trichy are facing a race against time to obtain licence as Trichy district administration has asked them to register and apply for licence by August-end.Many working women and college students depend on hostels for accommodation in several places in the city. As they found their hostels were not up to standard, they hesitated to move further,” said a senior officer in the department, on condition of anonymity.“Worse, the district administration have shown leniency to them and failed to take any action,” he said. However, their quality and safety standards remain a worry for most of them.With no other options at hand, they suffer in silence, having to make do with substandard facilities..