Kozhikode medical college union opposes move to hand over land for road widening
The Hindu
‘No need for trade-off to build surrounding wall for the campus’
Students of Government Medical College, Kozhikode, have opposed any move to hand over land for road-widening as a trade-off to construct a surrounding wall for the campus. College union chairman Shawn Thomas said on Monday that the demand to complete the construction of the wall was a long-pending one as the students had been complaining about the lack of security on the campus. However, a section of local residents were opposed to it. The roads within the campus are three-metre wide. Mr. Thomas claimed that the college authorities reportedly agreed to give up land to widen the road from Government Dental College to medical college crematorium up to 5.5-metre to address the local opposition. Now, local residents are demanding that the road be widened up to 12 metres. Mr. Thomas claimed that the college need not give up its land for the purpose. The college union is now demanding that the area leading up to the college stadium be retained. Mr. Thomas pointed out that surrounding walls had been built around the campuses of government medical colleges at Thrissur and Manjeri without giving up their own land.
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