Does NIT Rourkela lack funds so badly that it has to squeeze students for basic needs?
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This is shameful.
Our alumni donated their hard-earned money to provide washing machines for students. The intention was simple: make hostel life a little better. But instead of treating this as a welfare facility, the institute has turned it into another way to milk students.
Now students are being charged ₹10 per bucket for using washing facilities that were donated for us. Earlier, we could wash clothes anytime, 24 hours, according to our own schedule. Now the timings are restricted, and students are forced to pay again for something that was already gifted for student welfare.
So let us ask clearly: Does NIT Rourkela lack funds?
Is the institute so broke that it has to collect ₹10 per bucket from students?
Is this a national institute or a roadside money-collection counter?
Where is this money going? Who is collecting it? Who decided this? Why are students being treated like helpless cash machines?
And this is not even the only disgusting example.
Look at what happened with this year’s annual farewell for the 2026 passout batch. Earlier, everyone was allowed to attend and eat food. This time, many seniors were away for placements, internships, PPOs, and other commitments. Only the small percentage left on campus were allowed to eat. The rest were ignored, and then people were reportedly asked to pay around ₹800 separately.
What happened to the money meant for the full batch? Did it vanish into thin air? Was the budget made only for the few people physically present? Or are students just expected to shut up while their money is swallowed quietly?
This is not management. This is exploitation.
Students are already under pressure from academics, placements, internships, hostel problems, and mental stress. Instead of helping, the institute keeps finding new ways to bleed students for basic facilities.
To the alumni here: you donated for students, not for the administration to create a paid bucket-washing system. Please question this. Please ask whether your donation is actually being used with the intention you gave it for.
To the administration: stop hiding behind silence. If NIT Rourkela is truly short of funds, say it openly. If not, stop this shameless squeezing of students.
Students deserve dignity. Students deserve basic facilities. Students deserve answers.
And if asking these questions sounds harsh, then maybe the real problem is not the language. Maybe the real problem is the way students are being treated.