SUBHASH MISHRA
Dhanbad Aug 31: Students of IIT Indian School of Mines (ISM) would have to undergo seven days’ quarantine in the institution before attending their classes.
After 18 months, the IIT-ISM management has opened the institution from September 1 for students in phases. As per the notice of IIT-ISM management, in the first phase institution has been opened for PhD research scholars from September 1 and in the second phase for B. Tech final year and M .Tech final year students.
In the wake of the Corona pandemic, IIT-ISM had been closed in March 2020. Though the institution was opened for a brief period for research scholars in March 2021 when Corona infection cases came down, it was again shut down from March 15, 2021, as the second wave took dangerous shape in Jharkhand as well as across the country.
An official of IIT-ISM management on Tuesday said that for the safety of students on the campus, special safety planning has been prepared. “After arrival on the campus, students would have to follow Covid protocols and live in seven days quarantine. Moreover, all the students would have to give proof and undertaking that their no family member had Covid-19 infection in last 15 days before their joining the institution at Dhanbad,” said the official.
The official said students across the country are studying in IIT-ISM. Covid-19 infection is still in an alarming position in some states. So proof and undertaking of no Covid infection to any member of the family in the last 15 days have been sought from students, he added.
Six boys and girls hostels have been sensitized for the students who would join the institution from September 1. The official said from the safety point of view only those hostel mess staff are being allowed on the campus who have taken both the doses of Covid -19 vaccination.
