Immediate Housing for Displace Security Guards and their families

LUMS Administration,







We, the faculty at LUMS, have recently been made aware of the fact that the security guard housing on campus is being demolished. While newer accommodation facilities are being constructed, there is no temporary housing made available. Tents have been pitched alongside the ganda nala outside LUMS. With soaring temperatures in the Lahore summer, tents are an unthinkable living option. This is further augmented by the imminent monsoon season, which will cause these tents to flood, drowning out possible living space. Furthermore, the area is unsafe as it is the nesting place of large snakes that pose as an extremely dangerous threat to safe living. The guards and their families have had to shift into tents exposing them to all sorts of possible diseases, which they are vulnerable to due to their proximity to the ganda nala.







We, the undersigned faculty at LUMS, are asking the administration to provide decent living arrangement to the security guards and their families as they wait for the construction of new housing. We propose that the security guards be relocated to the male dorms, which will be free during the summer vacations. We also ask for the speedy construction of the new housing facilities to cause minimum inconvenience. Lastly, we believe that LUMS should provide decent living and working environment for all of its service staff and employees. This means that all future construction and expansion plans should properly accommodate and provide temporary housing for any displaced staff members and their families.







Thankyou,



Concerned Faculty at LUMS.