Surprise most foul: Lizard found in water cooler leaves SBSC fuming
Students at Delhi University’s Shaheed Bhagat Singh College (SBSC) are caught in a tussle with college authorities after a video showing a lizard emerging from a college water cooler popped up on social media.
Left with a rancid taste in their mouth, many students, like student union vice president Prem Phogat, have voiced their concerns. “The moment we saw this video, the union took immediate action. A cleaning drive was conducted, this cooler was disinfected, while others were inspected by the authorities,” says the second-year student of BA (Hons) Geography.
However, principal Arun Kumar Attree has a differing view. “That video is not recent at all; it was taken two years ago during the lockdown when college was closed.” He believes that the video was uploaded by disgruntled students: “The resurfacing of the video is a malicious act by a few students who are upset that I am not allowing a celebrity performer on campus (for the cultural fest scheduled for April 29 and 30).”
Students insist that the video highlighted an issue which would have otherwise been brushed under the carpet. A final-year student, on condition of anonymity, tells us, “The water cooler is infamous for making whoever drinks from it sick. My peers have had typhoid after drinking water from that cooler. As for it being an old video, someone would’ve recognised the footage if it had happened earlier. ”
That video was taken two years ago during the lockdown. The resurfacing of the video is a malicious act by students upset that I am not allowing a celebrity performer on campus for the upcoming cultural fest.
ARUN KUMAR ATTREE, PRINCIPAL, SBSC
That water cooler infamous for making whoever drinks from it sick. My peers have had typhoid after drinking water from that cooler. My friends and I give a wide berth to that cooler, we don’t fill our bottles there.
FINAL-YEAR STUDENT, SBSC (ANONYMOUSLY)