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Pizza delivery at Kamath Circle | Photo by Vanshika Sharma
Manipal: The Manipal University administration has restricted the entry of food delivery men of the restaurants in Manipal to all the MIT hostels for security reasons. The students now have to come to Kamath Circle (KC) to receive their food parcels.
The students are facing many problems with the implementation of this new rule. Firstly, the walk to KC is a long one from some of the MIT boys’ hostel and secondly, the gates of the girls' hostels close by 10:00 pm after which there is no provision for them to go out to eat. Since the entry of the delivery men has been restricted, the girls cannot order food from the restaurants after the hostel gates have closed. “Sometimes we are very busy and have work to do and we end up missing dinner due to the mess timings. On such nights, because of the new rule, we have to remain hungry," said Akanksha Rawat, a first year student of MIC. There is one night canteen catering to all the girls' blocks, but the students claim that the food cooked and served there is not upto the mark.
This rule was implemented a month ago in the MIT hostels. The KMC hostels have no such restriction as of now since the hostels are connected freely to the Food Court and other such places internally. The Chief Security officer Col Muthanna said, “We have our reasons for enforcing this rule. First of all, the health of the students living in the hostels is a matter of our concern. The food in these restaurants is cooked under very unhygienic conditions and in dirty kitchens. We do not want our students to eat such food and get sick. Another reason is that the restaurants ask for the students’ phone numbers, which the delivery boys have. There have been complaints from some girls about them (the delivery boys) misusing their numbers and harassing them on the phone. So from the security point of view, too, we needed to take this measure.” The Chief Warden for the MIT hostels, Col Kulwant Singh, also agreed and said that it was for the good of the students.
The number of customers have reduced and the sales of the restaurants have gone down. The restaurant owners are a little disappointed with this step and say that they do not understand why it was taken. “We have not received complaints from any of our customers regarding the security issue,” said Ashit Amin, the manager of Dollops, a popular restaurant at Manipal.
Sub-edited by: Kerban Billimoria
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Comments (6 posted):
see the messes, with the birds in aditya and the dogs in apoorva kitchen
true reason is tht they get a comission from the food sales inside campus(regency canteen, 10th block canteen and shiva stores) infact regency and 10th block ppl are still alloowed to deliver.
they want more ppl to fall sick from the mess food to increase the income of KMC and hence MU -- they need the money for the constructions veing done
pls refer here http://shouvik.co.in/index.php/2009/01/29/a-letter-from-a-fan-yay-i-don-t-believe?blog=2
and this rule is utterly ridiculous. I had fever the other day and had to sleep without eating just because restaurants wont deliver at the hostels and i cant go out of the hostels after 10! another rule for the so called security of girls.
IMPOSING these rules which are more harmful than beneficial is not reaping any benefits! it is just annoying students and forcing them to find options of living outside campus!
this rule says if i get sick and cant walk till kc then i might as well die of hunger than get the food delivered!!
Is it really for the good of the students?? i beg to defer
its purely a matter a choice, and i dont think the university has any right to impose such restrictions which make it difficult for students for even eat what they want!...anyway the girls in the hostels live like they are in a prison especially the 13th block girls!!
And I feel that the decision to share numbers with restaurants should be left to the girls. They would know best if it is worth sharing it with delivery boys for food at that unearthly hour.
Talking about the hygienic conditions, there shouldn't be any worries unless it is being supplied by some Timmy's or Devas'. The competition is tough enough in the restaurant market to care about hygiene and health.
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