NURMAHAL
On Monday, the Nurmahal Nagar Council (NC) unanimously passed a resolution urging concerned authorities to complete the construction of the new building of the Government Senior secondary school(co-education) which has come to stand still following the non-release of funds by the government.
NC vice president Jang Bahadar and councilors Rajiv Missar, Anil Mohan, Balvir Chand, Deepak Kumar, and Mrs.Mamta Jassal have brought a requisition in the house which said that NC had donated 14 kanals and 17 marlas land to the education department for the construction of school building for which the government had released a grant and a part of the building has been constructed and reaming parts of the building are pending.
It said that the school building construction is closed for the last three years, and fifteen feet deep land was dug for the purpose which has become a pond now.
They urged the house to pass a resolution for the completion of the school building and send it to the government.
NC president Hardeep Kaur said a resolution has been passed unanimously urging the government to complete the construction of school buildings at the earliest.
She said the house has decided to direct the executive officer to send this reduction to the Jalandhar deputy commissioner and school education department.
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 a necessity as schools faced a classroom shortage after demolishing a condemned building in 2012. Non-Residents Indians (NRIs) and the state government jointly made efforts to start the construction of the new building for which the
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 said Rs 57 lakh were received in 2013 which was deposited in the accounts of the public works department as it is the agency to construct government building above Rs 50 lakhs.
The public works department executive engineer said that fifty percent of construction work had been completed and the finance department had not released the remaining grant as a result work came to stand still.