Tarun Karthick
Mumbai, 27 October 2025
Mr. Bishnu Pada Ray, Hon’ble Member of Parliament, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, has expressed critical concern over the deteriorating situation and lack of primary facilities on the Boys’ Hostel of Jawaharlal Nehru Rajkeeya Mahavidyalaya (JNRM), positioned close to the school advanced.
During a current casual go to to the hostel and interplay with college students, the MP discovered that insufficient supervision and poor administration by the involved authorities have led to extreme hardships for each female and male college students of JNRM.
He identified a number of points confronted by the hostel residents, together with non-availability of important amenities resembling a dependable water provide and non-functional electrical home equipment like followers, fridges, and toilet fittings. Repairs and replacements, he famous, usually take so long as three to 6 months to be attended to.
The MP additionally highlighted unhygienic circumstances within the hostel, with poorly maintained bogs and environment. He expressed concern over delays within the disbursal of scholar stipends — in some instances, exceeding six months — and the shortage of revision in stipend quantities, which have remained at ₹1,500 since 2015 regardless of rising dwelling prices.
Other points raised embrace the absence of a correct drainage system resulting in waterlogging throughout rains, roof leakages that stay unaddressed, and the non-utilization of a newly constructed hostel constructing, which has reportedly remained idle for the previous two years.
Mr. Bishnu Pada Ray has urged the Chief Secretary, Andaman & Nicobar Administration, to take rapid cognizance of those lapses and guarantee immediate restoration of all important amenities. He emphasised that the welfare of scholars — the way forward for these islands — should be accorded the very best precedence.
