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“A college with 33,000 students cannot run with only 721 hostel seats,” he added.

Abdur Razzak, vice-principal of BL College, said they had inspected all the halls shortly after they were closed.

“Titumir Hall is no longer fit for living. Nazrul and Subodh Chandra halls require full renovation before they can be reopened. Negligence by contractors and supervising engineers caused some delays to the renovation work. We hope to resolve these issues soon,” he added.