BCM hostel to accommodate 918 students only: 1,500 additional applications received

June 16: Social Welfare Department deputy director Yogish said that there are only five Backward Class and Minorities (BCM) hostels in Mangalore having a capacity to accommodate 918 students but 1,500 additional applications have been submitted to the Department, seeking admission to the hostel.
District In-charge Minister U T Khader, addressed a meeting at the deputy commissioner’s office hall on Saturday, agreed that there was a need for additional hostel in Mangalore. Khader urged the officers to appoint NGOs to monitor the work of running hostels coming under the Social Welfare Department and to fix an NGO for a hostel and ensure that the facilities of the government reaches the students.
Hemalatha, ITDP officer, said that the work on the post-matriculation hostel in Manjanady is likely to be completed in September.