Dharamshala, July 28 -- Negi on Sunday said that protestors in Thunag were pressuring him to declare that the college of horticulture and forestry would not be shifted from the area. Addressing the media in Shimla, the minister said, "I told them that I cannot take this decision alone, as it has been made at the government level. I asked them to submit a formal demand letter, which I would present to the government. However, they insisted that they would not leave until I gave them a definitive assurance." Negi said he had already met some locals a day before who had raised the same demand, and he had clarified the situation to them. "I explained that, for now, the government has decided to shift the college temporarily. The students were not safe there-they had to spend the night in the rest house on the night of the disaster. These students do not want to return due to ongoing safety concerns." There are around 300 students enrolled in the college located not too far from a stream in Thunag. Most of the students stay in rented accommodation close to the college. They had a narrow escape on the night cloudbursts occurred...