After 15 years, road dividing PU campuses sealed again
Panjab University
's Sector 14 campus near gate 3 was closed on Saturday, 15 years after a similar attempt was reversed following
student protests
. This time, one student, Harkamal Singh from the
Student Organisation of India
(SOI), was taken away by police after he tried to block the closure work.The cut had served as an easy route between the university's Sector 14 and Sector 25 campuses, especially for students on two-wheelers or cycles.
Though authorities claimed it caused traffic congestion and dangerous turns, students insisted it was a crucial commute link.In 2009, when the UT administration first closed the divider, it sparked major protests.
Students, including Simranjit Dhillon, then president of the Panjab University Students' Union, led a hunger strike that lasted several days. The protests gained significant attention, culminating in police intervention and the hospitalisation of a few protesters. In response, the administration reopened the cut. On April 21, students once again stalled closure work when it was begun by the UT authorities and had submitted a memorandum to the VC regarding the same. But today, workers resumed the process. As they started the construction, Harkamal arrived at the site and stood in front of the workers, refusing to let them proceed. Police reached the site and tried to persuade him to leave. When he did not, they forcibly took him away. No other students were detained.
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