Ban industrial tours conducted by engineering colleges: Agree/Disagree?

I would never support the view because it's not a sole mistake by college administration but student should be held for it. ARE YOU KIDDING? THERE ARE NOT SMALL CHILDREN TO HOLD THE HANDS WHEREVER THE GO. THEY ARE STUDYING A professional course. They should know their limit.
I agree that they should appoint certain guide to guide them but if I am not wrong college would have sent two to three teaching professionals with them.

It will not be the solution for the students to stop them planing any trip rather then there should be a work around before planning such kind of trips like check the conditions,security,guide. This happens because in this teen age students taking risks without thinking of outcome.

so every precautions and guidelines should be well aware known to every student by their college authority and mentors should be allocated say to 1:10 to keep eyes of their activity.

It was different in our times. Tours were to specific locations of interest to the branch. We were taken to Bhilai steel plant in the dead of winter (temp 3 degC), while most us never saw temperatures below 18 degC even in winter. We were all huddled in a shed with inadequate blankets. Two staff members had accompanied us. It was a technically satisfying visit. There was negligible sight seeing.

We also had monthly visits to industries around Vizag, which was very useful as well. In all cases some senior staff used to accompany us.

Properly organized, such tours are necessary.

When I was in Trivandrum a very similar tragedy occurred. One of my colleagues accompanied his friends from dental college to one of the many river valleys that abound in Kerala.The whole gang were gallivanting in the middle of the nearly dry river bed.My colleague came to the shore to pick up something. While he was still hunting around suddenly a wall of water more than two meters high came rushing down and washed off the lot.

Not much came in the media. Because of the speed of water bodies were carried far away and some were not found. These are events beyond regulation. Heavy rains up in the hills led to the flash flood that lasted a few minutes. Soon after, the river was back to the old state.

The college did not arrange the trip. The gang went on their own. The end event is still the same.

Media over does things and drops the news if it ceases to be sensational.

It is important not to throw the baby out with the bath water

Disagree

Industrial visit must be strictly industrial. Field trip or vacation trips must be carried out with greater care. Whats the point of restricting students within the college walls. In the present tragic scene one cannot solely blame students or college, the dam authority also have a say in this. They must announce or give some indication about water release.

I think its right to bann such tours , because as now we have seen that such tours are only named as industrial tours and do converted into sight seighing tours afterwhile apart from intrested in gaining some knowledge .. students are intrested towards these tours jus coz f such kinda 'joy' .. and college nowadays also on the name of such tours fascinating students to fill their seats ...

If u really intrested for seeing such industry works , in this world od competition there are most of the countries provide onsite industrial visits ... or u can find related companies in range of 200 km from ur destination ... then why the hell is there any need to travel far ( from south to north specially ) and whats the need seeing beautiful sights if u were on your industrial tour.