Chandigarh, July 15 -- Students at Punjab Engineering College (PEC) have flagged overcrowding and infrastructure lapses across the institute's hostels, citing double occupancy in poorly maintained washrooms, delayed furniture allotment, and the absence of any student body to raise these concerns formally.

According to the students' representation, hostel capacity has not kept pace with a steady rise in student intake driven by the addition of new branches over the past few years. Second-year students, traditionally housed in the college's Aravali Hostel, are now being accommodated in double occupancy rooms, with an overflow batch shifted to Kurukshetra Hostel alongside third-year students. Fourth-year students, who have historically stay...