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DU students take to roads for safe campus
Students of Dhaka University held protest rallies to make a safe campus and launched campaigns to control the vehicles in the campus area.
At 11am on Sunday, students started gathering at the foot of the anti-terrorist Raju monument where they observed a minute of silence by taping their mouths and eyes to symbolize the inaction of the administration for a safe campus and pressed an 11-point demand for a safe campus.
During the campaign, students stopped various vehicles inside the campus area and redirected them if they found the vehicles unwanted in the campus.
Protesting students are staying at VC Chattar of the University till now. Most of the students are from 2019-20 and 2020-21 academic session of Dhaka University.
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After that they went to the important roads of the campus to control traffic in the campus area.
"Everyday 37,000 regular students move around the campus putting their life in security risk. Last Friday, a woman was dragged to death on the campus by a private car," one of protesters said, demanding to ensure a safe campus for students.
"This campus is not a racing ground but during night time, outsiders come to the campus and most often they do car racing and motorcycle racing. Heavy vehicles also move around the campus which is very risky for the students. Anything could happen anytime," another student said seeking anonymity.
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