GUWAHATI: The All Assam Engineer’s Association (AAEA) urges the college authority to urgently impose some basic disciplinary measures over the demise of the seven students of Assam Engineering College (AEC) in a tragic late-night accident on Monday.
The AEC Hostel 7 boarders were returning to the residential college campus from the western part of the city when they faced the accident near the Jalukbari overbridge. The luxury car carrying ten students hit the divider first, followed by a goods carrier on the other side of the road. Seven of them died on the spot, and three sustained serious injuries. Three people in the other vehicle were also injured in the mishap. They have all been admitted to Guwahati Medical College Hospital (GMCH).
No professional driver was in the car, and it was driven by one of the victims. The deceased students include Kaushik Baruah (Mangaldai), Arindam Bhallal (Guwahati), Rajkiran Bhuyan (Majuli), Niyar Deka (Golaghat), Emon Gayan (Dibrugarh), Kaushik Mohan (Charaideo), and Upangshu Sarma (Nagaon). The injured students are Arpan Bhuyan, Arnab Chakraborty, and Mrinmoy Borah. The other injured individuals are Muzammil Haque, Yusuf Ali, and Rajib Ali.
AAEA president Er Kailash Sarma, working president Er NJ Thakuria, and secretary Er Inamul Hye said, “The tragic incident should teach every one of us a lesson. First, the AEC authority must discourage students from going out or coming inside the campus during the night hours. We remember the then AEC principal, AK Padmapati, used to note down everyone coming inside the campus after evening through the gates near Hostel 7 and Hostel 3. The authority must introduce digital gadgets to observe the movement through the gates”.
Finally, the engineer’s forum appeals to the parents of students to remain vigilant about their sons/daughters on college campuses through various means. They should demand a guardians’ meeting on the college campus every year and participate accordingly, said the forum. It also urges State Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma to issue strict guidelines to all college authorities regarding their hostel boarders so that any unwanted incident in the future can be prevented, stated a press release.
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