School buildings unsafe however none cares

By Express News Service
JAGATSINGHPUR: Classes could have reopened after nearly 10 months of Covid-induced shutdown however numerous college buildings proceed to be as unsafe for college kids throughout the district as they have been. Nearly 200 college students research at Abdul Rahim High School of Biritol panchyat below Tirtol block however the lecture rooms are in poor situation because the constructing is in dilapidated state. Built with monetary help from Paradip Port Trust (PPT), the college was used as a cyclone shelter. However, the constructing now stands broken attributable to poor upkeep within the final decade. It was declared unsafe means again in 2012.

Panchayat samiti member of Biritol Bijayini Mallick says the School and Mass Education division proposed to demolish the constructing as per recommendation of a technical marketing consultant of Sarva Siksha Abhiyan (SSA). Yet, no measure has been taken.Block Education Officer of Tirtol Susama Mallick admitted to have obtained complaints from villagers about unsafe nature of the college constructing. The division proposed {that a} decision of college administration committee be submitted in order that steps for demolition may very well be taken, she stated.

As per the route of Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC), the State authorities had directed all collectors in 2014 to demolish unused and unsafe constructing and take up restore works of all outdated constructions to make sure no little one in main faculties is below the specter of unsafe constructing.Thereafter, the district administration constituted block degree groups which performed survey of unsafe college buildings. After the evaluation, 261 faculties buildings together with 109 main faculties have been recognized as unsafe. Not a single unsafe college constructing but has been demolished leaving each guardians and kids within the lurch.

A senior officer of School and Mass Education division, on circumstances of anonymity, stated the administration had shaped a district degree technical committee below the chairmanship of Collector for identification of unsafe college buildings and to expedite demolition of such constructions. The panel members comprised government engineers of works, rural improvement, rural water provide and sanitation, DRDA and district venture coordinator SSA. However, the then two government engineers of Works and Rural Development departments didn’t signal on approval of the technical committee on account of which demolition work has been stalled since six years.

District venture coordinator, SSA Sapan Kumar Jena admitted that 261 college buildings had been recognized as unsafe within the district however refused to touch upon the rationale behind delay in demolition.