No entry for vehicles without stickers at PU from Monday
Chandigarh, Sept. 20 -- The Panjab University (PU) is all set to stop vehicles of students without stickers from Monday onwards. This decision comes as the university has been trying to get all day scholars to adopt this policy. However, the response has been lacklustre, and it remains to be seen whether PU will actually be able to enforce this.
As per PU authorities, they will not turn away cars without stickers but they will be stopped for checking. For genuine cases like those who live in the residential area or for parents dropping students for classes, they will still be allowed to pass.
The office of the dean students welfare (DSW) conducted a three day drive for vehicle registration and over 200 registrations were made. Overall, around 700 day scholars have taken the stickers. This number is still relatively lower as per PU estimates as it has been estimated that there are around 4,000 day scholars bringing their vehicles to the university daily.
Speaking about why the adoption rate for vehicle stickers has been on the lower side, DSW Amit Chauhan said, "We had prepared an estimate of 4,000 day scholars based on information sought from the departments. It is possible that some students may have claimed to have vehicles. Further, students are still skeptical about the implementation of the sticker policy and students from big departments in the South Campus might not be motivated as vehicle checking in South Campus is not strict."
The stickers are being installed at the Law Auditorium parking lot with prior appointment. Both the student and their vehicle have to be present at the time of fixing the sticker. The stickers come with a QR code which can be scanned to check the department and PUPIN number of the student....
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