School shifted to gurdwara as building roof starts peeling

Aam Aadmi Party had advertised Sikhiya Kranti as the makeover of government schools with infrastructure development claims. Today, MP Gurjeet Singh Aujla reached Government Primary Smart School, Subhash Colony, Lakha Singh Plot, Sultanwind, where the school has been shifted to a nearby gurdwara and another building due to the dilapidated condition of the school building. A portion of the roof has started peeling and the problems of seepage and leakage of water visible after three days of rain.

Seeing the condition, the MP gave Rs 20 lakh from MPLAD fund for building renovation and repairs while he interacted with the school head regarding other challenges face by the school.

Notably, the school had held an inauguration function announcing the launch of tile-laying work inside the school in April this year under the Sikhiya Kranti campaign.

MP Gurjeet Singh Aujla reached the school today and said several people of the area had approached him and the Education Department had also requested him that a grant be given for the school from MPLAD fund. “It is very sad to see that the education revolution is being brought only in name and no actual work on ground. There is a plaque with names of Aam Aadmi Party officials in the school, but walls and roof are crumbling and not at all in good shape here,” said Aujla.

Aujla said tiles had been fixed here in the month of April while the entire building of the school is in a dilapidated condition and can collapse anytime, so the children have been shifted somewhere else in this season. A school staffer, on condition of anonymity, confirmed that the building was in bad shape and that it was unsafe for conducting classes.

With immediate effect, Rs 20 lakh will be given for the school, so that repair and maintenance can happen on time for students to resume normal functioning.

MP Aujla said that since the school has a good strength of students, he will try to get land allotted for its expansion.

Amritsar