Academic and administrative work at Punjabi University campus, its constituent colleges, neighbourhood campuses andall 27 affiliated government colleges across the state stood hampered on Thursday after University students and faculty members launched a protest demanding waiver of the University’s bank loan.

While students and faculty members collectively held a protest on the University campus, students at government colleges and other centres blocked college entry gates and prevented any work. The same left college faculty members and non-teaching staff a harried lot.