Panjab University (PU) students say there has been a growing mismatch between a number of students on the campus and the sanitation facilities offered to them as out of 82 PU departments, 60% are not cleaned. Cleanliness takes a back seat in terms of washrooms, availability of dustbins, surroundings of the water tanks, leaky roofs. WASHROOMS CLEANED ONCE IN 2 WEEKSAvinash Pandey, student of University Institute of Engineering and Technology (UIET), said, “The UIET has a good reputation but when it comes to sanitation, it stands nowhere. A stained staircase at the department of economics at Panjab University in Chandigarh. THE BUCK STOPS HEREThe initial responsibility of the cleanliness comes to the chairperson or the directors of the respective departments.

Source: Hindustan Times October 11, 2017 07:18 UTC