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Written by: Bilal Bashir Bhat

Category: ENVIRONMENT

Published: 14 April 2017

Today we are going to inform you about two schools which are all surround by a big cesspool and the role of these schools is decreasing day by day, as the parents fear if their wards get slipped in this Stagnant polluted water it may prove fatal.  The names of these schools are Govt. High school and sheikul Alam Model school Andergam tehsil Pattan district Baramulla. The school buildings are surrounded with the polluted water, the locals dump their garbage, wastes and even dead animals in the said cesspool. The water smells bad and the water becoming a breeding site of mosquitoes and flies which intrurn spread deadly diseases. In schools students are taught about cleanness and so on, then what would be the impact on the minds of these small children who are receiving education in these schools surrounded by dumping site and a big cesspool which smells foul throughout the year? How would work the lesson of teachers about cleanness when the institution itself is a dirty spot.

The teachers and the students are usually seen covered their mouths with the masks to get rid of this bad smell. Students and teachers are unable to reach their classrooms via this water pool so they use wooden logs and boulders to cross over this big pit which is very much dangerous and risky to cross over by the students especially by the small kids.

We are writing this article with the intent of informing to the concerned authorities that the two school buildings have been erected in low lying area. Due to incessant rains and snow during winters this area remains water logged during most of the summer season and it becomes breeding site for some infectious flies and mosquitoes that are carriers of some life threatening diseases. Besides, foul smell of the stagnant water brings nuisance both to staff members and students at large. Moreover the problem of garbage dumping has made the situation go from bad to worse. All this situation leaves a chance to epidemics to spread over.

Had the contractors who worked on the construction levelled the ground before erection of the building or had the government (responsible authority) inspected the site at the time of the need the situation must have been different. But who cares, they are busy in collecting the money by any means and what happens next they don’t care about. All the waste and polluted water from the catchment areas gets collected in this big pit and it has turned the school into the island surrounded by the dirty water. For last 3 years we are consistently approaching to knock the doors of the concerned authorities to get the problem solved but in response we only got always fake and hollow promises from them.

The role of these institutions is decreasing day by day because the parents don’t like to put the lives and health of their wards in danger. To save the wards, most of the parents do shift their children to other institutions but the only poor people are there who cannot afford for doing the same. There remains only a single solution for such poor people to stop their children from schooling.

Now the problem has become so much serious that we fear that someday a serious incident may happen to occur and then it would be decided who is responsible for that incident. It is request to the concerned DC, SDM, BDO, CEO and the concerned ZEO to intervene in this havoc problem before it gets late. In that case if any untoward incident happens due to this stagnant and dirty water concerned authorities of that jurisdiction will be held responsible. It is also requested to media personals, the concerned minister and the MLA that please help us in solving this serious issue as soon as possible. We are now fed up with the hollow and the fake promises of the Government and the concerned authorities….                                                                                       

 

                                                       COURTSY BY: ANDERGAM YOUTH DEVELOPMENT  ASSOCIATION