Gujarat University vice-chancellor has spent over Rs50 lakh in a year for personal work The situation is grim for students residing in the hostels of Gujarat University (GU). Many of them claim that they do not get adequate water for daily chores in the summer. The affected students were agitated when news surfaced about the vice-chancellor’s move to spend Rs20 lakh in building a swimming pool at his official residence.
With his latest move, V-C Dr Adesh Pal has burnt a big hole in GU’s pocket by spending at least Rs50 lakh for personal benefit. He has hired additional security, including 8-10 bouncers, by spending Rs36 lakh in a year!
On Thursday, student-members of the National Students Union of India (NSUI) protested outside the V-C’s bungalow. They shouted slogans like “Kulpati ne swimming pool ni maza ane hostel na vidyarthi ne tarasya reva ni saza,” and “Shikhan na name vidyarthio ne lutya, swimming pool banavi kulpati garmi thi chutya.”
Speaking to dna, Dr Pal said that he did follow norms while building the swimming pool. “I followed all the procedures. In the first meeting of the construction committee (on Wednesday), the work of swimming pool was put forward as it was recently formed by the executive council,” he said.
When dna asked him why he did not seek permission of the executive council, he retorted, “I am head of this institution and am not a peon here. There is special power given to me as a head. And why don’t you do a survey. Around 80% of the V-C residences in India have swimming pools,” he claimed. While Dr Pal said that in Gujarat, MSU V-C’s official residence has a swimming pool, officials at MSU denied it.
According to Dr Himanshu Patel, a member of GU’s executive council, the V-C has flouted all norms while constructing the pool. “First, the registrar puts forward the proposal, by issuing advertisement tender is invited; the proposal needs sanction of construction committee, executive council, before the work is commissioned. He has not followed a single procedure. Pal’s swimming pool is an ideal example of illegal construction done for his personal benefit,” he said.
With his latest move, V-C Dr Adesh Pal has burnt a big hole in GU’s pocket by spending at least Rs50 lakh for personal benefit. He has hired additional security, including 8-10 bouncers, by spending Rs36 lakh in a year!
On Thursday, student-members of the National Students Union of India (NSUI) protested outside the V-C’s bungalow. They shouted slogans like “Kulpati ne swimming pool ni maza ane hostel na vidyarthi ne tarasya reva ni saza,” and “Shikhan na name vidyarthio ne lutya, swimming pool banavi kulpati garmi thi chutya.”
Speaking to dna, Dr Pal said that he did follow norms while building the swimming pool. “I followed all the procedures. In the first meeting of the construction committee (on Wednesday), the work of swimming pool was put forward as it was recently formed by the executive council,” he said.
When dna asked him why he did not seek permission of the executive council, he retorted, “I am head of this institution and am not a peon here. There is special power given to me as a head. And why don’t you do a survey. Around 80% of the V-C residences in India have swimming pools,” he claimed. While Dr Pal said that in Gujarat, MSU V-C’s official residence has a swimming pool, officials at MSU denied it.
According to Dr Himanshu Patel, a member of GU’s executive council, the V-C has flouted all norms while constructing the pool. “First, the registrar puts forward the proposal, by issuing advertisement tender is invited; the proposal needs sanction of construction committee, executive council, before the work is commissioned. He has not followed a single procedure. Pal’s swimming pool is an ideal example of illegal construction done for his personal benefit,” he said.
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