Visva-Bharati to Allow Work From Home For Staff, Campus in Shantiniketan to Remain Closed Till Situation Reviewed on August 31
Following violence over the erection of boundary wall around the Poush Mela ground, Visva-Bharati authorities on Tuesday said that their teachers are regularly threatened with dire consequences and are subjected to verbal abuse, especially the female employees.
Kolkata, August 25: Following violence over the erection of boundary wall around the Poush Mela ground, Visva-Bharati authorities on Tuesday said that their teachers are regularly threatened with dire consequences and are subjected to verbal abuse, especially the female employees. In view of it, the University decided to allow its employees to work from home. The situation will again be reviewed on August 31.
The university campus was closed down. However, the admission and examination process and emergency services will be taken care of, the authorities of the central university mentioned in a statement. Visva Bharati University Boundary Wall Row: Students Stage Protest Outside VC Bidyut Chakrabarty's Residence.
Visva-Bharati to Allow Work From Home For Staff
Trouble erupted at Visva-Bharati campus in Birbhum district as a large number of people ransacked the university's properties to protest against the construction of a boundary wall at a ground where a century-old 'Poush Mela' used to be held.
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