Presidency University students continued their night-long blockade of an arterial M G Road-College Street crossing in Kolkata on Friday morning to press for their demand of quick renovation of three dilapidated wards of the varsity's Hindu hostel.
The agitators, around 30 in number, asserted they would lift their blockade, which began around 7 pm on Thursday, only after Vice Chancellor Anuradha Lohia meets the students and gives them "definite assurance" over their demand.
Lohia said she would sit for talks with the demonstrators only after they lift the blockade.
"I had repeatedly told them (the agitating students) that it takes time to complete repair of all old rooms," she said. "It is not in our hands. But still, we are ready to discuss the issue with them again. Let them lift the blockade first."