GUWAHATI, Aug 10 – Cotton College community today rued the failure of some sections of the people to realise the severity of the problems facing the present-day hostel inmates of the century-old college.
The members of the community also expressed their deep sorrow that none of those opposing the proposal to replace the ramshackle Assam type structures of the Swahid Ranjit Borpujari (SRB) Boys’ Hostel and the Anundoram Borooah (ARB) Boys’ Hostel with modern multi-storey structures, has bothered to visit these hostels for assessing the ground reality.
These views of the college community were presented in an explicit manner by the students, teachers and employees at an open meeting held under the aegis of the Cotton College Union Society (CCUS) at the Kalaguru Bishnuprasad Rabha (KRB) Auditorium of the college here this morning. The meeting was presided over by CCUS vice-president Devabrata Taid.
However, the participants at the meeting made it clear that they were very much respectful to the rich heritage of the college. But it is the need of the hour to provide the present-day Cottonians with modern hostel facilities. Lending support to the college authorities’ proposal to replace the SRB and ARB hostel structures with multi-storey structures, they also called for immediate repair and renovation of the other boys’ and girls’ hostels of the college, particularly the Swahid Mojammil Haque Boys’ Hostel.
However, they maintained that in building the new SRB and ARB hostel structures the martyr’s column, erected in memory of 1960 martyr Ranjit Borpujari, should be kept undisturbed at its present site.
They made an appeal to all sections of the people to lend support to the college authorities’ proposal for replacing the SRB and ARB hostels with modern multi-storey structures for a better academic environment in the college.
Or else, some of the boarders of these hostels said, it would be like making the boarders of these dilapidated hostels vulnerable to dangers of building collapse, snake bites, various infections etc. The office-bearers of the Cotton College Teachers’ Association also lent their support to the proposal for replacing the two boys’ hostel buildings with modern multi-storey structures.
The participants at the meeting also requested the Chief Minister not to delay the construction of the new buildings of the two hostels. According to CCUS general secretary Jayanta Kalita, a memorandum is being submitted to the Chief Minister on the matter.
The participants at the meeting also called for adequate measures to preserve fully the first hostel building, which is now known as the Krishna Kanta (KK) Handique Boys’ Hostel, the Chemistry Building and the Principal’s Bungalow of the college as heritage buildings.
It needs mention here that the Cotton KK Handique Boys’ Hostel was built as the Hindu Hostel in 1901, while the Chemistry Building of the college was also built in 1901 and it served the college as its office too for some time. The Principal’s Bungalow of the college was built in 1886 as a dak bungalow and later when the college was set up, it was turned into the residence of the principal.
The proposed buildings will provide accommodation to 284 students in their 142 two-bedrooms with modern facilities against their present total capacity of 180 students. Moreover, the new structures will provide the college with an open space, which is enough to lay a football ground together with a volleyball court, a basketball court and a badminton court.
The playground of the college, which was known as the New Filed, was taken away from it and handed over to the Sports’ Authority of India by the State Government in the late 1970s. ASSAM TRIBUNE
The members of the community also expressed their deep sorrow that none of those opposing the proposal to replace the ramshackle Assam type structures of the Swahid Ranjit Borpujari (SRB) Boys’ Hostel and the Anundoram Borooah (ARB) Boys’ Hostel with modern multi-storey structures, has bothered to visit these hostels for assessing the ground reality.
These views of the college community were presented in an explicit manner by the students, teachers and employees at an open meeting held under the aegis of the Cotton College Union Society (CCUS) at the Kalaguru Bishnuprasad Rabha (KRB) Auditorium of the college here this morning. The meeting was presided over by CCUS vice-president Devabrata Taid.
However, the participants at the meeting made it clear that they were very much respectful to the rich heritage of the college. But it is the need of the hour to provide the present-day Cottonians with modern hostel facilities. Lending support to the college authorities’ proposal to replace the SRB and ARB hostel structures with multi-storey structures, they also called for immediate repair and renovation of the other boys’ and girls’ hostels of the college, particularly the Swahid Mojammil Haque Boys’ Hostel.
However, they maintained that in building the new SRB and ARB hostel structures the martyr’s column, erected in memory of 1960 martyr Ranjit Borpujari, should be kept undisturbed at its present site.
They made an appeal to all sections of the people to lend support to the college authorities’ proposal for replacing the SRB and ARB hostels with modern multi-storey structures for a better academic environment in the college.
Or else, some of the boarders of these hostels said, it would be like making the boarders of these dilapidated hostels vulnerable to dangers of building collapse, snake bites, various infections etc. The office-bearers of the Cotton College Teachers’ Association also lent their support to the proposal for replacing the two boys’ hostel buildings with modern multi-storey structures.
The participants at the meeting also requested the Chief Minister not to delay the construction of the new buildings of the two hostels. According to CCUS general secretary Jayanta Kalita, a memorandum is being submitted to the Chief Minister on the matter.
The participants at the meeting also called for adequate measures to preserve fully the first hostel building, which is now known as the Krishna Kanta (KK) Handique Boys’ Hostel, the Chemistry Building and the Principal’s Bungalow of the college as heritage buildings.
It needs mention here that the Cotton KK Handique Boys’ Hostel was built as the Hindu Hostel in 1901, while the Chemistry Building of the college was also built in 1901 and it served the college as its office too for some time. The Principal’s Bungalow of the college was built in 1886 as a dak bungalow and later when the college was set up, it was turned into the residence of the principal.
The proposed buildings will provide accommodation to 284 students in their 142 two-bedrooms with modern facilities against their present total capacity of 180 students. Moreover, the new structures will provide the college with an open space, which is enough to lay a football ground together with a volleyball court, a basketball court and a badminton court.
The playground of the college, which was known as the New Filed, was taken away from it and handed over to the Sports’ Authority of India by the State Government in the late 1970s. ASSAM TRIBUNE
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