chennai students and teachers of pachaiyappas college staged a blockade on poonamallee high road on tuesday in support of their various demands including improper use of funds by the management and lack of basic amenities they said they had been protesting for more than 40 days but that the governing trust of the college had not bothered to meet them the agitation was called off after the trust secretary assured the protesters that he would arrange a meeting with the higher authorities within three days selvam secretary of the revolutionary students youth front which was leading the protest said the management had not given a proper response to their complaints let alone act upon them except for the few bathrooms in the hostels there are no such facilities elsewhere on the campus there is no proper drinking water facility the hostels need upgrading and the food served is unhygienic he said he alleged that the management had threatened those raising their voices in protest with dire consequences association of university teachers state secretary n shettu who is also a faculty member of the college said a professor had been transferred for expressing dissent the management has been falsely claiming that funds are being used for improving infrastructure the members fake accounts to substantiate their claims he said the rs 10 crore received as compensation for ceding a part of the college land for the metro rail project was not accounted for he alleged vignesh kumar a final year bba student involved in the protest said prof shettu was abused by a trust member for standing for us several students were also subjected to similar treatment