The protesting students allege that the university was negligent in providing staying facilities to students at Kampasagar.
Hyderabad: Protests erupted in Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU) on Monday following the death of B Pawan Kumar, a B.Sc Agriculture final year student, at Kampasagar village in Tripurapuram mandal, Nalgonda district.
Pawan along with around 30 other students, had gone to Nalgonda where one of the Krishi Vigana Kendrams of PJTSAU is located, as part of the Rural Agricultural Work Experience Programme.
The protesting students allege that the university was negligent in providing staying facilities to students at Kampasagar that lacked sanitation facilities. This forced Pawan to go to a canal in the village to fetch water for bathing where he slipped and drowned.
One of the students who were with Pawan said, “Around 10.30am we asked a gram panchayat official for water. He said due to power cut water could not be drawn from the borewell and directed us to fetch water from the canal. Pawan and another student went there. Pawan fell into the canal while trying to draw water. Pawan belongs to a poor family; his father is a daily wage labourer. We have asked for compensation of Rs 35 lakh for Pawan’s family.”
