Coimbatore (PTI): Eight of the nearly 600 students of the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), who began an indefinite fast on Friday to press their demands, were hospitalised after they swooned at the venue.
The students were on a relay strike for the last four days, seeking employment in government departments like agriculture, horticulture and agri-engineering after they completed their graduation.
In view of the protest, TNAU had announced indefinite closure of all its constituent colleges from Thursday and had instructed the students to vacate the hostels.
Seeking the intervention of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M Karunanidhi, in the issue, following failure of talks with Agriculture Minister, Veerapandi S Arumugham, about 600 students, including 300 girls, began the indefinite fast from Friday morning.
Eight students, including four girls, have been shifted to government hospital. However, five of them returned to the campus and continued their fast along with others in the evening, police sources said.
Meanwhile, the students have started vacating the hostels, official sources said.
Sunday 9 December 2007
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