NURMAHAL
The Punjab Chief Minister's Office (CMO) has directed the school education secretary to investigate the incomplete building of the Government Senior Secondary School (co-education)
CMO forwarded a new report to secretly K. K. Yadav which has highlighted the problem of school students facing a space crunch.
Dilbag Singh a resident of Baina Pur village and a social activist has sent a news report to the chief minister's office.
The new report said that the construction of the new building of the Government Senior Secondary School (co-education) remains to stand standstill following the non-release of funds by the government.
It said that the then Nakodar MLA Gurpartap Singh Wadala on December 14, 2016, laid the foundation for the construction of the new building.
New buildings became necessary as schools faced a shortage of classrooms after the demolition of a condemned building in 2012. Non-Residents Indians (NRI’s) and the state government jointly made efforts to start the construction of the new building for which Nagar council had donated 14 kanals and 17 marlas land to the education department. NRI Raj Nayyar had donated Rs 10 lakh for the construction of the school building.
The director general of school education (DGSE) released Rs1.14 crore for the construction of the building in October 2013, following directions from the Punjab State Human Rights Commission.
The school principal received Rs 57 lakhs in 2013 which was deposited in the accounts of the public works department as it is the agency to construct government buildings above Rs 50 lakhs.
The new report said that the public works department had completed fifty percent of the construction work and the finance department had not released the remaining grant as a result work came to stand still.
Nakodar MLA I.K. Mann had repeatedly said that the construction would be resumed soon as the remaining grant is being released by the government after her intervention but still no grant has been released and no work has started.