Ceiling slabs that fall, torn mattresses, lockers that don't lock these are the torturous conditions that students who come to Mumbai from across the states live in. Yesterday, a report about hostels in the city has highlighted the pathetic conditions youngsters who come to the city from across the state have to put up with.

The report states that a ceiling slab fell on a student in Bandra. Some time ago, students at another hostel had to abandon their lunch after a dead lizard was found in the chicken curry. At some other hostels, students do not get their stipend on time. In other hostels, leaky ceilings during the monsoon are the norm rather than the exception. Shockingly, it is learnt that these hostels are not struggling from a lack of funds. Instead, money is not reaching them because of spools of red tape.