Mumbai University attracts hundreds of outstation students every year. File pic

Mumbai University (MU) received funds to the tune of Rs 1 crore 80 lakh from Social Welfare Department last year to build four new hostels — two on the Kalina campus and two in the Thane sub-centre in a bid to offer affordable accommodation to outstation stud­ents. Despite the allotment and subsequent budgetary allocations, no work has begun yet on that front even as students struggle to find accommodation around the varsity.