JLNMCH, Bhagalpur, Bihar | March 2026

A serious accommodation crisis has emerged at Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and Hospital (JLNMCH), Bhagalpur, after the administration issued an official notice ordering the immediate evacuation of unsafe hostel buildings within three days, leaving hundreds of medical students uncertain about their shelter.

📄 What the Official Notice Says

According to the notice issued by the office of the Superintendent, JLNMCH, the old intern hostel buildings have been declared extremely unsafe and dilapidated, posing a risk of collapse. Despite repeated warnings, some students were allegedly residing there “unauthorized.”

The JLNMCH administration has now directed that:

• All occupants must vacate within 3 days
• Failure to comply will invite administrative action
• The buildings will be demolished due to safety concerns

While the notice highlights legitimate safety risks, it fails to address a critical question — where will the displaced students go?

⚠️ A Crisis Years in the Making

JLNMCH currently has:

• 120 students per batch
• 6 batches (2020–2025) → 600+ students (Boys)
• Only 120+ hostel rooms available
• Capacity for roughly 250 boys

However, ground reality is far worse.

➡️ Students report that 5-7 students are forced to live in a single room, making basic living conditions nearly impossible.

🏚️ Why Students Are Living in Unsafe Buildings

Due to severe shortage:

• Hostel allotments have not been done properly for the last few years
• Many students, despite paying hostel fees, are not given rooms
• With no options left, students occupy abandoned, unsafe buildings without permission

Students coming from different districts and states have no local support system. Renting outside is:

• Expensive
• Unsafe (frequent assault concerns)
• Logistically difficult alongside demanding MBBS schedules

❗ Major Infrastructure & Administrative Failures

Students have raised multiple serious concerns:

🏢 Hostel Issues

• No new hostel built in last 10 years
• Zero maintenance despite funds
• Generators not working
• No functional elevators
• Several hostels not officially handed over

🛏️ Accommodation Crisis

• Only 120+ rooms for 600+ students
• 3-bed limit ignored → 6–8 students per room
• Few PGs & Junior Residents not allotted hostels
• As per reports Senior Resident hostel allegedly occupied by staff

📚 Academic Impact

• Library has only 100 seats for 1000+ students
• Timings are not student-friendly
• No Library on Sunday

🍽️ Basic Facilities Missing

• No canteen in entire campus
• Gym locked by administration

🚨 Safety Concerns

• Students face safety issues outside campus
• No administrative support during assault incidents
• A police station being constructed inside girls’ hostel boundary (LH Tilkamanjhi) has raised privacy concerns

💰 The Biggest Question: Why Charge Hostel Fees?

Despite:

• No proper rooms
• No facilities
• No maintenance

➡️ Students are still being charged hostel fees

This raises serious questions:

• Where is the fund being utilized?
• Why has infrastructure not improved in a decade?

⚖️ Students Admit Fault — But Highlight Compulsion

Students acknowledge that:

Living in unauthorized buildings is technically wrong.

But they strongly argue:

“We are not violating rules by choice. We are forced into it. If we leave, where do we go?”

🔍 Accountability Questions for Authorities

This crisis exposes systemic negligence. Key questions arise:

1. Why has no new hostel been constructed in 10 years despite rising intake?
2. Why are 600+ students accommodated in just 120+ rooms?
3. Why is hostel allotment not done for years?
4. Where is the hostel maintenance fund being spent?
5. Why are students charged fees without facilities?
6. Why are unsafe conditions allowed to persist until demolition stage?
7. What is the immediate rehabilitation plan for displaced students?

🚨 Urgent Need for Immediate Action

Experts and students demand:

• Temporary accommodation arrangements immediately by JLNMCH Administration
• Transparent hostel allotment system
• Construction timeline for new hostels
• Audit of hostel funds
• Restoration of basic facilities (electricity, lift, canteen)
• Strong student safety measures

🗣️ Conclusion

The demolition of unsafe buildings is necessary — but displacing students without alternatives is not a solution.

This is not just an infrastructure issue.
It is a question of student dignity, safety, and governance failure.

Unless immediate action is taken, the situation at JLNMCH risks escalating into a full-blown student crisis — one that could have been prevented with timely planning and accountability.

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