DPI students spend night outdoor after quake

City Desk:

Dhaka Polytechnic Institute (DPI) students have left one of their residential halls to spend the night on the street after an earthquake and several aftershocks left them too scared to live in their dilapidated hall.

Refusing to stay in their hall, students of Latif Hostel first descended on the street with beds to pass the night there, causing a series of events.

The authorities soon issued an order asking students to evacuate four halls of the institute.
Students have announced they will boycott classes and exams unless the authorities make emergency arrangements for their safe accommodation.

The Education Engineering Department had announced in June a part of the Latif Hostel “risky”, recommending its renovation. The recommendation was never followed.

“The hall built 70 to 80 years ago already had numerous cracks. Fresh cracks appeared after the Friday earthquake,” said Ramzan Ali, a resident student of the hostel.