bareilly the city is considered a hub of private education but students who shell out hefty fees to gain admission here are complaining that even basic facilities are missing in the institutes the more than 30 institutes of the city promise quality education and assured jobs but basic facilities like safe drinking water working computers and even books are missing in some of them students of invertis university complained that they had paid hefty fees but there is no clear guideline from the university authorities about whether it is affiliated with the university grant commission ugc or not the ugc site mentions that an expert committee is yet to visit the university to take a final call on the affiliation it has put us in the lurch regarding our future said a finalyear bba student on the condition of anonymity not just the students but even teaching faculty is not happy working at the university as they claim they do not receive their salaries on time moreover a senior faculty member claimed that when the chancellor of the university umesh gautam contested the recent lok sabha polls students and faculty members were forced to do his campaigning in rural areas even during college hours students of shri ram murti smarak group of institutions on the other hand complained that they feel they are in virtual captivity as they are not allowed to go home for festivals or keep mobile phones we are even denied permission to go to our hometown even to meet our ailing parents there is no connectivity between city and institute and we feel totally cut off from the outside world said a btech student who lives in the campus hostel her classmate added due to the autocratic administration most of the students are in a state of depression in future group of institutions there is reportedly no facility for safe drinking water all the waterpurifier machines have become mere showpieces our repeated complaints fall on deaf ears said a btech i year student similarly bca ii year students of khandelwal college of management and technology said they deposited a hefty fee but throughout their first and second semesters they did not receive mathematics books we appeared in the exams without having books to study from not a single computer is working in the laboratory and we are unable to perform practicals said one of the students they complained that the college buses are always overloaded posing a serious risk to their safety navjot singh an alumni of pp gupta group of institutions said many private institutions have mushroomed all over the city but most of them lack basic facilities yet they charge exorbitantly the faculty of most of the colleges lack experience and placement is almost nil these institutions have just become money spinning units fees in most of these colleges are upward of rs 5000 with some courses making students shell out even more than rs 1 lakh some private colleges have airconditioned classrooms but