NURMAHAL
The Punjab Government has submitted to the Punjab Human Rights Commission (PHRC) that it has
sanctioned an amount of Rs 16.01 for the completion of the Nurmahal school building.
The Director of School Education (Secondary) in his report submitted to the commission stated that an amount of Rs 16.1 crore has been sanctioned to the school via letter no. SECEDU5010/06/2024/3EDUS/116804dated 03.06.2025.
He had submitted earlier that an estimate of Rs 61.1 crore for approval to the Finance Department, and after approval, the construction work of the school will be initiatedNakodar social activist Aditiya Bhatara filed a complaint in September 2023 in the commission, alleging that the construction work of the new school building of the Government Senior Secondary School (Co-Education) has been stalled for the last seven years.
Justice Sant Kumar, Chairperson of the Commission, said in his order passed on July 25 said that the grievance of the complainant has been redressed and complaint has been disposed
It is pertinent to mention here 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 the school faced a shortage of classrooms after the demolition of a condemned building in 2012. Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) 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 of land to the education department.
NRI Raj Nayyar had donated Rs 10 lakh for the construction of the school buildingThe director general of school education (DGSE) released Rs 1.14 crore for the construction of the building in October 2013, following directions from the Punjab State Human Rights Commission.
The school principal had 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 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 standstill.