Dhanbad: The admission to 1,001 seats in BTech and dual degree courses, allocated through Joint Seat Allocation Authority, took place at IIT(ISM) on Monday with the students and guardians impressed by the swanky campus with modern facilities but concerned over the poor civic upkeep of the town.
Besides potholed roads, overflowing drains and heaps of garbage outside the campus, some parent expressed apprehension over gang wars and poor law and order.
"The campus is quite clean and impressive, but I saw some outsiders roaming around. The administration should ensure a closed campus where the entry of outsiders should be prohibited," Taranvir Singh, business head of Signode India at Hyderabad, who has arrived with his wife Jagjit Kaur for the admission of their son Kunwarvir Singh, said.
Singh said the town that housed so many industrial units of BCCL, Tata Steel, SAIL and MPL should have good roads and better cleanliness standards. He also expressed concern over the frequent crimes and the law and order situation.
Shimla resident Prakash Chandra, who has come to admit son Dhiraj Kumar, said, "Garbage is strewn on the road outside the hotel where we have put up. We could not eat because of the stench."
Srinibas Sannidhi, a grocery shop owner and a resident of East Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh, has come for the admission of his son Dhiraj Kumar.
He said the condition of roads are way better in Andhra Pradesh. "However, the traffic here is better than Calcutta. The hotels here charge exorbitant rates," he complained.
Shravan Kumar from Bihar, who took admission in Environmental Science, said the IIT(ISM) campus was magnificent and no way inferior to any other IITs.
The admission process was conducted at the student activity centre. While guardians sat on the ground floor, admissions for four-year BTech courses in engineering physics, environmental, civil, mining, electronics and instrumentation, and electronics and communication engineering were conducted on the second floor.
The admission for other BTech branches such as petroleum, mining machinery, mechanical, mineral, chemical and electrical engineering were conducted in the third floor.
