Silvester D’Souza
Daijiworld Media Network – Kundapur (EP)
Kundapur, Oct 28: More than 15 PUC female students who took part in Kotikanta Gayana programme held at Gandhi Maidan here on Friday, October 28 fell sick and admitted to a hospital.
About 20 girls had fallen sick due to the 11 am harsh sunlight. The students belonged to Government PU College, Kundapur.
The sick students were tended and 15 of them were admitted to the hospital and drips administered to them. It is alleged that their parents were not informed till the afternoon though the incident happened in the morning. The college teachers too were not in the hospital.
The students could not write the examination held for them in the afternoon. It is said that they have an examination on Saturday also. The Kotikanta Gayana programme was held in the scorching sunshine of the Gandhi Maidan. It is said that the programme could have been held in the morning instead of the afternoon.
There is widespread anguish against the negligence of municipal council, taluk administration and the college.