LUCKNOW, May 16 -- The 500-bed hostel project of King George's Medical University's has remained incomplete nearly a decade after receiving approval in 2016, forcing around 100 super-specialty students to arrange accommodation outside the campus midway through the academic session.

At present, 86 DM and MCh students are staying in private paying guest accommodations and rented rooms as the hostel facility is yet to be handed over. The situation has particularly affected students coming from outside Lucknow, who are struggling to manage accommodation expenses alongside demanding medical training and hospital duties.

KGMU spokesperson prof KK Singh said the university administration has issued three notices to the construction agency over...