Ayurveda students block traffic

Their demands include revocation of 10 per cent marks8217; quota invested in teachers, continuation of verification and re-evaluation of answersheets facility and uniform entrance examination all over the state for entrance to post-graduate courses.

The students also demanded that the 25 per cent quota reserved for BAMS degree holders in primary health centres and units should be filled through state public service commission, a 30-bedded Ayurvedic ward should be set up in every district hospital and compulsory payment of stipend to Ayurved students of non-aided Ayurved colleges.

Other demands include appointment of Ayurved graduates in Food and Drug Administration FDA and early setting up of a committee to standardise Ayurvedic medicines.