Students of Fergusson College say any person can enter college premises through unguarded broken boundary wall and rear gates u00a0 In less than a week, the city witnessed a couple of horrifying incidents related to the safety of students on college campuses. Students, especially girls, have been voicing their concern about security lapses, but no one seems to be taking the issue seriously. <table style="width: 112px; height: 42px" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="112" align="right" border="1"> <tbody> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="/imagedata/2011/feb/Ferguson.jpg" border="0" /></td></tr> <tr> <td> Any time access: Unknown persons enter Fergusson College through the gate in the rear. Pic/Jignesh Mistry </td></tr></tbody></table>After SNDT college students complained of having heard the screams of a girl in distress, there was an attempt to hush up the issue. Only after consecutive media reports about the lapses was the security beefed up on the campus. The college has started maintaining a register of visitors to the campus and outside vehicles are not allowed to enter the campus. To explore the issue further, MiD DAY brings you the security situation in Fergusson College and ILS Law College. First we spoke to three students from different streams in Fergusson College. They said people who had nothing to do in the college entered the campus through the rear gates that opened out to the hills. Students also complained that the hostel rooms were poorly maintained, inviting trouble especially at night. Manasi Deshpande (19) and Ruchira Chaudhary (19) ufffd both students of FC College ufffd said, "As far as hostel security is concerned it's pretty safe out here, but when it comes to the campus and night programmes held in college, it's an issue to look into as there are many 'unguarded openings into the college." Another girl on condition of anonymity said: "People living in the slum area behind the college cause trouble especially after 6.30 pm. Unknown people flock into the college from the open compound wall at the back of the building. We brought this issue to the notice of the management, but were told that there are cases pending in the court and no construction can be carried out." Ruchita Bhujbal (18), studying in the same college, said, "There are many entrances and few security personnel. The college authority should let in people only after registering their I-card details, but sorry to say nothing like that happens." ILS Law College students said that although the college premises seem to be safe, venturing outside it ufffd particularly on the Vetal hill surrounding the campus ufffd was dangerous. Every year at least three to four instances of robbery on the hillock are registered. A girl studying in ILS on condition of anonymity said: "I had to stop my exercise regime after I noticed several groups of men drinking and playing cards in the afternoon." Principal speaks Principal of Fergusson College Dr Ravindra Pardeshi said: "There's no point in creating a boundary wall on the western side, as that's the point from where locals access the Fergusson College road. We can't block that road. Whenever there was an incident reported, we have informed the police."

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