Nalised for festivities, events in colleges

constituted in the wake of the stampede that killed four youths and left nearly 50 injured at a technical festival at Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat) in November last.

Mass gatherings

All higher education institutions will be required to form Institutional Risk Management Committees (IRMC) to undertake periodic audits of risk-prone facilities and to ensure institutional safety in campuses covering all types of possible disasters including risks associated with mass gatherings.

The institutions will also be required to develop disaster management plans .

All celebrations including union activities on the campus can be held only after obtaining permission from the head of the respective institution. The organisers will have to intimate the authorities of the details of the programme at least ve working days prior to the event.

Students’ union activities should be supervised by a committee chaired by the head of the institution. The college union ošce can function only from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. during working days.

Vehicles barred

No type of vehicles should be used during celebrations inside the college campus and hostels. Students’ vehicles will be allowed only up to the designated parking area. Entry beyond that point is strictly prohibited.

A committee will be formed to supervise the functioning of hostels. Stringent action must be adopted on complaints received from hostel inmates or the public regarding misbehaviour of students or other illegal activities such as possessing weapons, consuming alcohols or drugs in campus or hostel rooms.

Public, including former students, will be allowed to enter the college campus only for genuine reasons.