Venky witnesses Mohit Chauhan’s melody magic!
College, saw the Nexus ’24, at Sri Venkateswara fest after eight years crooner perform at a DU
The excitement was palpable as singer Mohit Chauhan took the stage at Delhi University’s Sri Venkateswara College, for their fest Nexus ’24, on Wednesday. The adrenaline rush was already high since the fest was taking place after a gap of four years, and thus the gusto fed by high budgets and higher aspirations led to unmanageable crowds turning up at the college campus.
CHAOTIC CROWD CONTROL
Delhi Police and CRPF personnel were deployed at the gates and inside the college on all three days of the fest, but on the final day, when only Venky students were granted entry upon showing their ID, the college gates were closed at noon in anticipation of huge crowds turning up for the star performance. “We got to know that many students from other colleges forged Venky ID cards to gain entry illegally,” shared Akash Maurya, a second-year student, from the fest’s organising committee, adding, “Several of my juniors were stranded outside, and couldn’t enjoy the fest.”
GUARDED GATES = GLITTERING SUCCESS?
After the gates closed early on the final day, over a thousand students were left waiting to seek entry inside, which included college students. Angry, some tried to break the college gates and started shouting, ‘Haye haye, principal!’” Principal Vajala Ravi told us, “We have incurred losses in terms of the gates being manhandled and several benches were used to barricade the entrances. But, none of these reasons could move us. We already had a crowd of over 10,000 inside the campus. How could we have allowed anyone else to enter the premises? It was due to our strict measures that Nexus, which happened after so many years, was a glittering success.”
MANAGED OR MISMANAGED?
However, some students felt that the fest — organised by and for the students — could be a success if only everyone gets a fair chance to witness it. “I was among the students left outside when the gates closed early on the final day. It’s said that I was unable to get entry at my own college fest, and this is when I even volunteered as part of the team on day 1 and 2!” lamented
Aditya Ghosh, a first-year student.
With inputs from Vidhi
Kanojia
It’s always amazing to perform for students and people because young energy, they have an which is amazing infectious! completely Delhi is very me... The last special to time I performed college was at a DU back in 2015, sometimes and things don’t you may have work out — commitments, work, et cetera. prior But I was really to be here and happy I look forward performing to at DU more now! often