College students facing hardship due to the continued closure of a newly inaugurated social justice hostel appealed to the Sivaganga District Collector for intervention here on Monday.
Under the control of the Social Justice Department, social justice hostels for school and college female students operate in Kanchirangal, Sivaganga. Due to insufficient space in the college hostel, some of the female students have been accommodated in the school hostel.
Meanwhile, the hostel for school boys on Tiruppattur Road was demolished, and a modern hostel equipped with facilities for college female students was constructed at a cost of ₹9.34 crore.
This hostel, built to accommodate a total of 150 female students, was inaugurated in September by Minister for Natural Resources T. K. Prabhu.
However, even though a fortnight has passed since the hostel was inaugurated, it has not yet come into use. Meanwhile, college female students staying in the school hostel were pressured to vacate.
The affected female students appealed to Sivaganga District Collector P. Akash. They stated that more than 30 female students had been affected because the hostel had not been brought into use.
When the department officials were asked about this, they said, “Work on installing biometric devices is under way. Staff will be appointed soon, and the hostel will be opened.”
Published – October 05, 2026 08:16 pm IST
