
DUSU president Ronak Khatri on Tuesday smeared cow dung on the partitions of Lakshmibai School principal’s workplace, escalating a row that ignited after she was caught on video coating classroom partitions with cow dung for “cooling” them.
Within the video, extensively shared on social media, principal Pratyush Vatsala was seen coating classroom partitions with cow dung.
“No consent was taken from college students for such an initiative,” Khatri informed PTI Movies whereas arguing with a college member contained in the principal’s workplace.
“If you wish to do analysis, do it at your private home,” he stated.
The principal informed PTI on April 13 that the faculty-led initiative was a part of an ongoing analysis geared toward exploring indigenous and sustainable cooling methods. There was no instant response from the college relating to Tuesday’s incident.
In a publish on X, Khatri referenced the principal’s viral video and sarcastically stated that he and his supporters had gone to “assist” her by plastering her workplace partitions as effectively. “We’ve got full religion that madam will now get the AC faraway from her room and hand it over to college students, and run the school on this trendy and pure cool setting smeared with cow dung,” he wrote.
In protection of her now-viral video, Principal Vatsala on April 13 stated it was a part of an ongoing analysis venture performed in porta cabins.
“It’s underneath course of. I can share particulars of the complete analysis after per week,” she had stated, stressing that misinformation was being unfold with out full context.
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“There’s no hurt in touching pure mud,” she added. The principal reportedly shared the video in a academics’ WhatsApp group, noting that the indigenous methodology was getting used to chill school rooms in C Block.
“Those that have courses right here will quickly get these rooms in a brand new look. Efforts are being made to make your educating expertise nice,” she wrote. The administration maintains that the strategy is a part of scientific inquiry into sustainable practices amid rising temperatures within the capital.