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Dr. Shazad said the Board was set up to serve students from the Pahari-speaking community but has been working without any public accountability. The hostels under it are meant to provide shelter to poor and deserving students, most of them coming from far-flung border and tribal areas. Any mismanagement here hurts the future of these students directly.
The BADC Chairman said students in these hostels come from very humble backgrounds and many families have made great sacrifices to send them to study in the city. They deserve proper food, clean accommodation and basic facilities. Whether they are actually getting all this or not, nobody knows, because the Board has never made anything public.
He demanded that full details of funds received and spent by the Board be made public, along with the present condition of all Pahari hostels, number of students availing these facilities and the admission process being followed. Dr Shazad also asked that there should be nothing hidden when public money is being spent on student welfare. He also urged the Board to put in public domain all details of facilities provided to hostel students, including food quality, quantity and funds spent on it.
