Plight of DMU students Reasons to feel peeved
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Students of Dhanamanjuri University have every reason to feel peeved. Reducing the campus of a university, a temple of learning, into a sort of a thoroughfare or a ‘bypass’ is unheard of in any other part of the country and it is amazing that the college authority and the present regime have allowed this to happen. Turning the university campus into a thoroughfare means that the road inside the university campus is under tremendous strain, with vehicles of all sorts including heavy ones plying on the road meant for students. This is unacceptable and for once The Sangai Express stands firmly behind the voice of dissent rung out by the students of DM University. With the bridge over Naga Nullah, just next to the LIC office and near PWD office under a state of repair since February this year means that vehicles from Khoyathong, Thangmeiband and the other localities within Thangmeiband AC have to take a detour towards the Assembly side or take the short cut through DM University to come out just behind PCTC petrol outlet and move eastward to take a U turn at Awang BOC to proceed to any place located south of Thangmeiband. Or else brave the heavy traffic and potholes filled Nagamapal road, move ahead below the BT Flyover and take the Waheng Leikai road. This is how it has been for those staying at Thangmeiband, Khoyathong and other leikais within Thangmeiband AC for the past 5 months. The residents of these places have not raised a voice of protest against the long time taken to repair the said bridge, but its impact can be felt on the road inside DM University which has gone a long way in worsening the already pathetic road inside the varsity’s campus. As things stand today, right now, the incensed students have locked the Administrative Block of the university and laid down the condition that until and unless the road inside the university is repaired, the A Block will continue to remain under lock. Not a desirable development at all and this is not what is expected from an institution of the repute of DM University. Long before it took on the avatar of a university, DM College was one of the more sought after colleges in the North East region, drawing students from different States. It is the institution which has churned out many of the doctors who today stride through the corridors of RIMS, JNIMS and other private health care centres in Manipur. Many of the officers in the Secretariat, PWD, the Police Department are products of DM College and this is certainly not the way to treat a place of learning. Raj Bhavan may not exactly be well informed of the contribution of the then DM College to the Manipur of today, but many of the officers who come higher up in the pecking order of the State Government are products of this institution and this is certainly not the way in which students of the varsity should feel constrained to come out, lock the A Block to wake the authority concerned to repair the road running through the university.
Way back on March 1, 2025 The Sangai Express had published a report on how the traffic diversion had disturbed the academic atmosphere in DM University. With the bridge over the Naga Nullah closed for the repair work, many vehicles from Khoya-thong, Thangmeiband and other localities within Thangmeiband Assembly Constituency take the road through DM University, which in turn not only sped up the breakage of the road but also disturbed the academic atmosphere of the University. Fast forward to July 14 and there is nothing to indicate that the bridge repair work would be completed anytime soon and no sign that vehicles would not pass through the university. With the Government showing no hint that it has taken note of the debilitated state of the road inside the varsity, the students themselves today feel constrained to come out and lock the A Block of the varsity. A sorry state of affairs it is that students feel the need to come out and lodge a protest against the pathetic conditions of the road inside the varsity and there can be no two ways about this. Repair the road. Bar the entry of private vehicles inside the university. No road inside a university should be turned into a sort of a thoroughfare. This is the bottomline.
Way back on March 1, 2025 The Sangai Express had published a report on how the traffic diversion had disturbed the academic atmosphere in DM University. With the bridge over the Naga Nullah closed for the repair work, many vehicles from Khoya-thong, Thangmeiband and other localities within Thangmeiband Assembly Constituency take the road through DM University, which in turn not only sped up the breakage of the road but also disturbed the academic atmosphere of the University. Fast forward to July 14 and there is nothing to indicate that the bridge repair work would be completed anytime soon and no sign that vehicles would not pass through the university. With the Government showing no hint that it has taken note of the debilitated state of the road inside the varsity, the students themselves today feel constrained to come out and lock the A Block of the varsity. A sorry state of affairs it is that students feel the need to come out and lodge a protest against the pathetic conditions of the road inside the varsity and there can be no two ways about this. Repair the road. Bar the entry of private vehicles inside the university. No road inside a university should be turned into a sort of a thoroughfare. This is the bottomline.