Rangpur Correspondent :
The authority of Rangpur Carmichael University College ( RCUC) has been remain indifferent, as the students are facing an acute shortage of college buses and dormitories.
Though the students have been suffering a lot for the shortage of buses, the authority is yet to take any initiative to solve the problem, students said.
Most of the students cannot use college buses, as those are always over-crowded, especially during their peak hours, the
students said, adding that many of the students just take risk to travel by public buses. According to sources, the college has only three buses for about 25,000 students. The buses are inadequate compared to the large number of students. One of the buses remains out of order almost regularly, a student said.
The students often miss classes because of the transport crisis.
On the other hand, there are only four dormitories for the male students and three for female students on the campus with the capacity of accommodating only 1,900 students. Most of the students have to reside in messes and rented houses in and
outside the town while some others come from outside the town, they said.
The female students are the worst sufferers as they are often haunted by a sense of insecurity in the messes and rented houses and also have to spend a lot for traveling to the university.
About 15,000, out of nearly 25,000 students, come from outside the town and most of them cannot avail the college buses, college administration sources said.
The students who want to use the buses have to take seats about an hour before the departure, said the students, adding that sometimes they have to wait for long at different stoppages.
‘I always book my seat in the bus about 45 minutes ahead of the time,’ said Mahabuba Akhter, a second year honors student of English Department.
‘We have to wait for hours at different stoppages and many of us have to go to the college by traveling on rooftops of the buses,’ said Azad, a third year student of the philosophy department.
The authority of Rangpur Carmichael University College ( RCUC) has been remain indifferent, as the students are facing an acute shortage of college buses and dormitories.
Though the students have been suffering a lot for the shortage of buses, the authority is yet to take any initiative to solve the problem, students said.
Most of the students cannot use college buses, as those are always over-crowded, especially during their peak hours, the
students said, adding that many of the students just take risk to travel by public buses. According to sources, the college has only three buses for about 25,000 students. The buses are inadequate compared to the large number of students. One of the buses remains out of order almost regularly, a student said.
The students often miss classes because of the transport crisis.
On the other hand, there are only four dormitories for the male students and three for female students on the campus with the capacity of accommodating only 1,900 students. Most of the students have to reside in messes and rented houses in and
outside the town while some others come from outside the town, they said.
The female students are the worst sufferers as they are often haunted by a sense of insecurity in the messes and rented houses and also have to spend a lot for traveling to the university.
About 15,000, out of nearly 25,000 students, come from outside the town and most of them cannot avail the college buses, college administration sources said.
The students who want to use the buses have to take seats about an hour before the departure, said the students, adding that sometimes they have to wait for long at different stoppages.
‘I always book my seat in the bus about 45 minutes ahead of the time,’ said Mahabuba Akhter, a second year honors student of English Department.
‘We have to wait for hours at different stoppages and many of us have to go to the college by traveling on rooftops of the buses,’ said Azad, a third year student of the philosophy department.
