New Delhi: Day one turned out to be stress-free for the fresher’s at Delhi University (DU) with tough anti-ragging measures in place. Amidst tight security by Delhi Police and anti-ragging campaign by Delhi University, the senior students largely refrained from talking to the new entrants. The elaborate anti-ragging measures on the campus changed the mind of the seniors, who came to colleges on Thursday only to meet the freshers. Colleges like Hindu had even banned senior students from having any ‘‘introduction’’ with the freshers.
As per the sources, just waiting for the right moment, in the lunch time when teachers and the security personnel seemed dispersing, the excitement picked up momentum in colleges like Kirori Mal, Shri Ram College of Commerce and Hans Raj. Some newcomers were asked to sing the songs in different languages while others were made to dance in KMC. However, seniors were not forcing to perform if any fresher was unwilling.
Different scenario in the south campus, as the new students were busy checking out the colleges and interacting with the faculty in the orientation programmes. Freshers turned up in yellow and red at Jesus and Mary College, the dress code given for the first day. Lady Shri Ram College continued their practice of making the freshers plant saplings.
Most colleges relieved that the fact that the first day of new academic session was incident-free. Policemen deployed outside every college on the north and south campus and vigilance squad kept a watch on the campus. Some colleges had even put ragging complaints box. At LSR, the department heads had provided emergency numbers to freshers where they could report about any ragging incident. The security cover in the colleges may continue for at least a week more. M C Nahar, Vice-Principal, KMC, said that the first day passed without any unpleasant incident.
