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A occurrence broke retired successful a country astatine the girls hostel of Government Medical College successful Rajanna Sircilla connected Wednesday morning, damaging the belongings of 2 students.
According to officials, the incidental occurred astatine astir 10 a.m. portion students were attending classes. Fire section unit rushed to the spot aft being alerted, and brought the concern nether control. No injuries were reported.
Following the incident, pupil representatives and aesculapian pupil groups alleged that the impermanent hostel facilities were overcrowded and unsafe. They claimed that the hostel was functioning from a rented gathering located distant from the campus, wherever respective students were allegedly being accommodated successful congested rooms with inadequate facilities.
In a connection issued aft the incident, the students said the occurrence exposed the pathetic and unsafe surviving conditions successful impermanent hostel facilities being utilized for aesculapian students. They alleged that 10 to 15 miss students were being accommodated successful azygous rooms nether unhygienic and overcrowded conditions without capable privateness oregon information measures.
Responding to the incident, Director of Medical Education (DME) Dr. A. Narendra Kumar said preliminary findings suggested that the occurrence whitethorn person been caused aft a pupil near a lit supplication lamp unattended successful the country on with a mobile charger plugged into a socket.
“A occurrence broke retired successful a country wrong the girls’ hostel astatine GMC Rajanna Sircilla. Two pistillate students reside successful this room. One of the students had performed her greeting prayers and near the room, leaving the lit lamp unattended. She besides near a mobile charger plugged into the socket. Preliminary findings bespeak that these factors were the origin of the fire,” the DME said.
