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AUD Urges IGDTUW to Reconsider Security Gate as Student Protests Continue
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News18•06-10-2026, 21:30
AUD Urges IGDTUW to Reconsider Security Gate as Student Protests Continue
- •Dr BR Ambedkar University Delhi asked IGDTUW to reconsider installing a security gate in their common passage at the Kashmere Gate campus.
- •AUD stated the proposed gate would block student and faculty access to essential classrooms, playgrounds, and the auditorium.
- •The university also raised safety and maintenance concerns regarding land allocated to IGDTUW on Old Madarsa Road for a hostel construction.
- •AUD students have continued an indefinite sit-in protest for the ninth day, opposing the gate installation and campus access restrictions.
- •Protesting students claim the shared campus spaces will be severely restricted and are demanding an immediate halt to the construction.
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AUD asked IGDTUW to reconsider the gate because it could impede access for its students and faculty to essential classrooms, playgrounds, and the auditorium located in the common passage between the campuses, while also violating a previous 2009 space allocation decision.
Students at AUD have continued their indefinite sit-in protest for the ninth consecutive day on Tuesday, opposing both the proposed security gate and other administration and campus access issues.
AUD raised concerns that land on Old Madarsa Road, which had been allocated and handed over to IGDTUW for building a hostel, was left improperly maintained and in a dilapidated condition, creating security concerns for students from both institutions.
