Gzb students call strike over swine flu mismanagement

Students of three engineering colleges here went on a strike and forced their respective managements to shut the institutions till precautionary measures against swine flu are in place. The students of Ideal Institute of Engineering Technology, Krishna Institute of Engineering and Technology and Raj Kumar Goel Institute of Engineering and Technology (RKGIT) boycotted classes and accused the management of not taking steps to check the epidemic. “The district magistrate (DM) himself has come under the grip of this dreaded disease and was admitted in a private hospital. It is evident that the government is not equipped to tackle this disease.” Meanwhile, 119 new cases of swine flu were reported in Delhi on Monday, taking the total to 2456 till now. According to a health official, the number of confirmed deaths due to H1N1 went up to nine.