From navdeep.asija at gmail.com  Sat Sep  5 22:47:47 2015
From: navdeep.asija at gmail.com (Asija, Navdeep)
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2015 19:17:47 +0530
Subject: [sustran] PU students vote out cars from campus - First Referendum to
	Ban Cars..
Message-ID: <CACVfV7whahVJouOMnLp2FzH6Gt9-7VPyZMEOgBvayfPHK+gOvA@mail.gmail.com>

First of its Kind Referendum to Make Campus Car Free in Punjab. This would
certainly send a strong message to authorities, from Campus to
neighbourhood ...to city...A very good start..

Regards,
Navdeep Asija

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CHANDIGARH: The verdict is out: a majority of students of Panjab University
(PU) have voted in favour of banning four-wheelers on campus, specifically
in academic areas. PU may now soon stop students' four-wheelers from
entering academic blocks.

Out of the students participating in a survey conducted by the university,
53.2% voted in favour of making its Sector 14 vehicle-free, while 51.33% of
the total student strength of the university said that Sector 25 should be
free of four-wheelers.

According to the results of the survey conducted by the university by
placing special ballots alongside those for its student council polls,
3,315 have said students' four-wheelers shouldn't be allowed in academic
areas of the Sector 14 campus. The remaining 2,916 said it was okay to
permit vehicles.

Though students voted in favour of a vehicle-free campus on the Sector 25
campus as well, there was only a small difference in the number of those
for (3,034) and against (3,200) vehicles in the academic areas there.

The results of the survey were likely to be used for taking a final call on
traffic-related issues on the campus. "To begin with, we may use the survey
to manage parking and traffic problems on the Sector 14 campus, since that
is where it's more of a problem. We had specifically asked students if they
were for banning student vehicles on campus and most of them have said
yes," said PU dean student welfare Navdeep Goyal.

While in isolation, not many students in Sector 25 wanted a ban on the
vehicles on that campus, but the consolidated results showed more than half
of the participants seeking no-entry for student vehicles in academic
areas. "This could be because of the distance from the main campus. It
would be problematic for these students to move from one campus to
another," the DSW added.

"The results of this survey will be sent to the registrar and a committee
on traffic will take a decision accordingly," Goyal added. PU spokesperson
Vineet Punia said a policy would be framed on the basis of these results.

Box | Earlier survey

PU had conducted a two-day survey last October on the traffic flow into the
Sector 14 campus. It had revealed that nearly 23,000 vehicles were daily
entering the university's main campus. In two days (October 27 and 28,
2014), the campus saw 45,190 vehicles entering through the university's
three gates. These included over 19,500 cars and other four-wheelers and
nearly 24,300 two-wheelers.

Box | E-rickshaws to aid students?

PU registrar Col G S Chadha (retd) said the university was considering the
options of e-rickshaws and bus shuttles inside the academic areas of PU.
Earlier, a committee consisting of PU registrar, dean students welfare
Navdeep Goyal, chief security officer Jatinder Grover, PU Non-Teaching
Employees Federation president Deepak Kaushik, the then PU Campus Students
Council president Divyanshu Budhiraja had recommended the availability of
e-rickshaws at Gates 1, 2 and 3 for the convenience of students and others.
The committee has suggested that the e-rickshaw should be outsourced and
their rates be approved by a standing committee.

PU referendum

Should students' vehicles (four-wheelers) be allowed to enter academic
areas of PU's Sector 14 campus?


http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/PU-students-vote-out-cars-from-campus/articleshow/48836153.cms