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Students taught under tarpaulin roof in unsafe room in NR Pura
At Moulana Azad English Medium School in Narasimharajapura, students are being taught in a room with a tarpaulin sheet roof after the original roof deteriorated. The district administration had sanctioned Rs 25 lakh for repairs, but work was stopped after MLA T D Rajegowda directed it following objections from locals who said the building was at risk of collapse.
The contractor had removed the roof tiles but did not replace them, leaving the room covered only by tarpaulin. Parents have alleged the Department of Minority Welfare continues to hold classes in the unsafe room despite the leaking roof and poor condition of doors and windows. School Principal Harish said classes are held there only when it is not raining.
Block Education Officer Shabana Anjum said the school is not under her department and was unaware of the situation, but assured that the principal would be told not to let students sit in unsafe rooms. Taluk Panchayat Executive Officer H D Naveen Kumar said the issue will be brought to the district officer of the Minority Welfare Department.
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The NR Pura school is one of thousands of government-aided minority institutions in Karnataka that fall under the Minority Welfare Department, not the School Education Department, creating a jurisdictional gap in oversight. The MLA's intervention halted a repair project already sanctioned, leaving the building in a worse state than before. With the monsoon active, the risk is immediate and physical, not bureaucratic. The next concrete step is whether the Minority Welfare district officer acts on the taluk panchayat's referral to either resume repairs or relocate classes. Watch for a safety audit order or a fresh work order before the next heavy rain.
Source: deccanherald.com
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