Students suffer as Ahmedabad’s Vivekanand College sealed off by AMC

The Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has sealed the premises of Vivekanand College, located near the city’s Raipur Darwaja, due to the college’s lack of Building Use (BU) permission and fire No Objection Certificate (NOC).

The college has been running various undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) courses in arts, commerce, BEd, and law for years.

This has caused significant inconvenience to the students enrolled in various courses who have been forced to take online classes for the past several days.

The college has accused AMC of wrongfully sealing the building. The college principal stated, “Despite having BU permission, the corporation has wrongfully sealed the building. This is affecting the academics of the students.”

In an attempt to gain the sympathy of the authorities, the college has been organising study sessions for students on the footpath road below the college building for the past few days. The administrative work was reportedly conducted from a shop below the college.

Notably, following the TRP Game Zone fire in Rajkot, AMC has sealed various premises and buildings over a lack of fire-BU permissions.