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The Vellore Institute of Technology, Bhopal, has blamed past month’s convulsive protests by students pursuing a jaundice outbreak connected field connected “misinformation” dispersed done societal media and refuted the allegations made successful a authorities report.
In a effect connected Wednesday (December 10, 2025) to a announcement issued by the Higher Education Department, the VIT termed the allegations successful the authorities study arsenic “fallacious and misconceived” portion besides denying charges of a “fearful atmosphere” and harassment of students connected campus. It said that the announcement was based connected “baseless allegations”
“On November 25, 2025, the full world activities were going connected usually till evening. In definite societal media handles, a abrupt onslaught of fake quality was dispersed regarding decease of 3 students and 300 others being successful captious condition. Additionally, determination were posts successful the pupil WhatsApp groups to provoke our students to travel retired and lodge protests. The assemblage medication came to cognize of this improvement and tried to explicate the presumption to the students and to assuage the situation. However, students successful Boys Hostel 1, 6 and 8 inactive went connected with their protest, possibly being instigated by immoderate persons,” it said successful the reply seen by The Hindu.
It claimed that 35 cases of jaundice had been reported retired of implicit 17,000 students. Several students, however, person alleged that the University authorities had asked galore who showed symptoms to spell home.
On the nighttime of November 25, astir 4,000 students launched a monolithic protestation connected the field successful Sehore territory aft a warden and immoderate unit members allegedly assaulted a radical of students erstwhile they complained astir the prime of nutrient and water. The protestation soon turned convulsive with students torching assorted vehicles, including a autobus and an ambulance, and vandalising properties crossed field specified arsenic the chancellor’s residence, messiness and laboratories.
Following the violence, a three-member committee of the Madhya Pradesh Private University Regulatory Commission (MPPURC) was formed to probe the incidental and connected December 1, the authorities issued a show-cause announcement to the University administration.
In its reply, the VIT said, “The University has 17,121 fig of students retired of which 9,271 boys and 3,870 girls reside successful the hostels. The nutrient arrangements/mess for these hostels are tally by reputed caterers from Indore, Bhopal and Chennai. Regular meetings are carried retired with these vendors by the main wardens and the hospitality manager of the University, wherever pupil feedback connected nutrient and hygiene are besides discussed.”
It besides claimed that the module and students devour astatine the aforesaid mess.
While the MPPURC study had said that 4 retired of 18 h2o samples collected from the field did not conscionable required standards, the VIT said that h2o was supplied crossed field aft attraction done filtration and purification systems installed.
“The assemblage has upgraded the existing purification strategy by introducing precocious ozonisers that assistance region harmful microbes and heighten the sensation of water. Additional soil filters and a h2o softener are besides being installed to amended the wide filtration process. The assemblage is forming a dedicated Water Quality Control Committee comprising module members and pupil representatives,” it said, adding that the University is besides mounting up a h2o investigating installation connected campus.
It besides denied the allegation that the Chief Medical and Health Officer (CMHO), Sehore, was detained astatine the University entranceway for 2 hours during an inspection sojourn and termed the assertion “misleading”.
“The assistants of CMHO were astatine the gross for astir 10 minutes waiting for CMHO to get and our information was coordinating with our Medical squad and hostel authorities to facilitate creaseless passage. In fact, during our treatment with the inspection squad successful beingness of the CMHO, the second stated that the officials were successful the field for astir 2 hours for inspection and not waiting time,” the effect read.
