HAVERI: Working on a tight budget,
Haveri Government Engineering
College owes more than Rs 35 lakh to guest lecturers, towards electricity supply and rent for the girl
students’ hostel building.
Twenty-nine guest lecturers at the college have not been paid for seven months, and the
dues have crossed Rs 8 lakh, sources said. Over 1,000 students are doing engineering in the college, set up in 2007, and it has 75 teaching and non-teaching staffers.
Hubballi Electricity Supply Company(Hescom) hasn’t disconnected
power supply in students’ interest though the dues of two years have breached Rs 15 lakh.
Hescom assistant executive
engineer CB Hosamani said they have sent many reminders to the college to pay up, but the
principal made an appeal that power supply should not be snapped as it would inconvenience students. “However, the college must clear the bills at the earliest,” he added.
Similarly, the college is buying more time in paying the pending rent of Rs 12 lakh for three years for the girls’ hostel in
Haveri city.
College principal KB Prakash admitted to receiving Hescom notices on the pending bills. “I have requested the department of technical education to release grants so that we can pay off the teachers, hostel rent and electricity bill,” he said.
Vijay BP, joint director, department of technical education, said they will release funds to the college soon after the government makes an allocation in this regard.