Overview
- Nearly 6,000 students restarted their 'Garbage Bandh' after a seven-day deadline to local bodies passed without action, according to organizers.
- Protesters blocked garbage-laden tractors at the university’s main entrance to prevent access to the Mula–Mutha riverbed dumping area.
- District Collector Jitendra Dudi said government land is being provided to Kadam Vakvasti for waste management, though a permanent solution has not been implemented.
- Students cite a February 26 fire in riverbed waste that smouldered for days and led to hospitalisations as evidence of ongoing health hazards.
- Protesters allege 35–40 tractor-loads, or about 70 tonnes, of garbage are dumped daily; the movement has ABVP backing and police have been deployed outside the campus.