454 rooms of 85 schools in Faridabad await repair

Bijendra Ahlawat

Tribune News Service

Faridabad, October 27

Repair of 454 rooms in as many as 85 government schools in the district is yet to begin. Three years ago, these rooms were declared unsafe in a survey. The district has around 370 schools (primary, middle, high and senior secondary).

Sources in the Education Department said in many schools, classes were either being held in damaged rooms or in open. As per the sources, while the PWD had declared 220 rooms in about 34 government schools as unsafe, the District Education Office (DEO) had revealed in a response to an RTI application that a total of 454 rooms were lying dilapidated in as many as 85 government schools in the district.                                   

Recently, in a letter to the Chief Minister and the Principal Secretary, Education, Haryana Government, Ashok Aggarwal, president, All India Parents’ Association (AIPA), has highlighted the problems faced by the students. “In the absence of proper and safe rooms, students are forced to either sit in corridors or in open. Earlier, a detailed report of the dilapidated rooms had been prepared and submitted by the AIPA.

Claiming that a budget of Rs 11.85 crore had been sanctioned for the repair of 106 rooms in 16 schools in the district, Ritu Chowdhary, DEO, said the work was expected to be taken up shortly. She said the buildings of five schools located at Anangpur, Mohna, Tigaon, Gonchhi and Faridpur villages in the district were already under-construction. A report of 348 school rooms had been submitted to the higher authorities, the DEO said.