Mountain of mud headache for 125-yr old school
Kalimpong May 21, 2015:
While the authority of Girls High School (GHS) concentrates on its 125th bicentenary
year, the vacant land located behind the school known as Mission Ground
gets encroached and a mountain of muds are dumped. Students and
teachers of the school assembled in the site this morning in a form of
protest.
The
land officially belongs to Girls High School and the authority seeks
cooperation from the public and appeals everyone not to dump anything
there. Around 20-30 teachers present there unanimously said that they
have plans of projects in the land which they will proceed in the
future.
In
the other hand the frequent dumping of mud has increased the land level
and drastically decreased the height of the wall which leads to back
side of the girl’s hostel, the students however complain that they feel
unsafe and insecure with trespassers invading the girl’s dorm.
Speaking
to this correspondent one Prerna Niraula a boarding student said that a
man of mid twenties entered their room few months ago, ‘We are girls
and a random man intruding amidst the security at 3 am
in our room will definitely cause anxiety’ said Niraula ordering that
the ones who dumped the hilly mud in their site will have to level the
land or remove it soon.
Meanwhile,
one of the teachers standing in mission ground said, ‘a school is a
social organization and not a public property, we protest this act
because everyone has to respect the organization which is meant for the
female’s education.’
The
GHS family also said that they saw the dumped muds this morning and
don’t know who unloaded it and when, factually because the plot of land
lies opposite and many yards away from the main school building. The
principal avoiding controversies and refusing to speak later said that
this act of infringement is not the first time.
She
further added that the excavated mud from any construction done in
Kalimpong was deposited there, speaking about the past she said, ‘I was
alone to fight for this land in the past but today I see the teachers
and students standing here to protest without my direction which made me
realize that this is now ‘our’ fight.’
The
students of class 9-10 who were there said that the land solely belongs
to them and appeals the civilian bodies to respect the property of the
school.
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