nagpur about 140 inmates of virangana zalkari adivasi girls government hostel in zingabai takli resorted to gandhigiri on wednesday morning to seek attention of the authorities and the tribal welfare department towards the serious apathy of officials in the hostel they locked themselves out of the rented premises of the hostel from early morning didnt drink water or had food till late evening until a new hostel warden was appointed and they were assured all their demands would be met soon the girls claimed hostel was in a very bad shape with no hygienic food water cots text books television and computers etc supposed to be provided as per rules their biggest grudge was that hostel warden sushma dhadange appointed four months back didnt stay in the hostel premises she was hardly there for four days in these four months even if she was not directly responsible for things like food cots computers internet connection etc like the former wardens at least she too could have ensured that all the inmates got their textbooks in time many students studying engineering law and other subjects didnt get the books even after exams were over the warden is also supposed to accompany the female inmates to a doctor in case of any sickness dhadange was never in hostel said pratibha ukey a final year student of bachelor of social work at tirpude college another inmate sarika watti also said girls had to take such an extreme step because the warden was never around there had been times when the caretaker accompanied them to hospital she said buying books on time and sending bills for getting the monthly stipend of rs 900 was wardens job since she wasnt there the girls didnt have money to even make bus passes and so had absented from colleges gajanan funde assistant project officer conveyed the situation to seniors like digambar mendke the project officer and surendra sawarkar assistant commissioner of tribal welfare who also holds the charge of the additional tribal development commissioner he reached the spot at around 4pm and inspected the place and found things much worse there were also no fans and window panes were broken i was sent to handle the crisis things will be fully resolved only after mendke is back the authorities told me to issue a letter appointing rohini thakre who had worked here earlier also as warden in place of dhadange she has already joined with additional charge as she is also warden of nandanvan hostel he said representatives of the adivasi students federation like dr ashish koreti treasurer and shivkumar kokade were also present they told toi that despite various letters and personal meetings these issues had remained unresolved for long