The indefinite fast by a section of the students of the Presidency University here demanding immediate accommodation in the under renovation Hindu hostel entered the fourth day on Friday, as the authorities said two blocks of the hostel will be fit for use by November 15.
After talking to state PWD officers, who visited the campus during the day, the university authorities said the PWD promised that renovation work of the two blocks will be completed by mid-November and the blocks will be declared fit for use by November 15, a university official said.
The authorities also urged the students to call off the indefinite fast.
Subho Biswas, one of the agitating students said, three of the 11 fasting students had to be hospitalised on Thursday due to exhaustion and fall in blood pressure.
While two of them have returned to campus and re-joined the fast, another was still at hospital, he said.
"Our demand remains the same. However, since the PWD has promised to declare the two wards fit for use by November 15, we will discuss the development at a general body meeting to decide on future move. As of now, the fast will continue," Biswas, one of the agitating boarders, said.
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The indefinite fast began at the campus portico from 9 pm on Monday.
Meanwhile, 50 students continued the sit-in demonstration at the university campus which began on August 3 on the first floor corridor before the chamber of Vice Chancellor Anuradha Lohia.
The Hindu Hostel, adjoining the College Street institution, had been shut down for repairs on July 29, 2015 and 150 boarders were shifted to a rented accommodation at New Town.
The authorities had last year assured the students that all the six blocks of the hostel would be opened for the boarders after completion of renovation work by the first week of August this year.
The Convocation of the Presidency University on September 11 was shifted outside the campus in the wake of the agitation.