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NGO breathes life into govt school
Highlights
While our urban city is expanding with new markets and upcoming skyscrapers, Film Nagar, one of the posh areas of Hyderabad, lags somewhere behind and has a depressing story to tell. Established in 2004, a government primary school in the area portrays the revolting truth of how the foundation is being ignored by the government.
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While our urban city is expanding with new markets and upcoming skyscrapers, Film Nagar, one of the posh areas of Hyderabad, lags somewhere behind and has a depressing story to tell. Established in 2004, a government primary school in the area portrays the revolting truth of how the foundation is being ignored by the government.
Surrounded by the inescapable stench of an overflowing drainage, the school has been neglected in spite of many complaints. Indira Nadikuda, principal of the school, says, “The school has classes from 1 to 5. Initially, we had around 200 children, but now the number went down to 80.
The main reason is the stinking sewage, which comes inside especially when it rains as the school is 6 feet down, due to which the children suffer a lot. We approached the officials but nothing has been done.” Elaborating on the issue, Saladhi Srinivas, a resident of the area who has been trying for the past two years to make the school better and cleaner, says, “The time I saw the school, its condition was really bad. In spite of repetitive approach to the officials, the matter has not been looked after.”“We approached the district collector as well as the local MLA and many other representatives who are responsible. They all said they would look into the matter but never turned up till date. And now came to the conclusion of demolishing it,” he added.
Never ending story
The school, which didn’t get any positive response from officials, got a helping hand from an NGO ‘NARMY’ in July who converted it into a paradise from a stinky set of issues. Kiran Devata, founder of NARMY says, “I came across this issue on a social networking site and did some research on the problem.
In this process, I found Srinivas, who stays in the same colony, was trying to make the situation better for the school and its surroundings by giving representations to the officials. Every possible way to make the government react on this matter was in vain. So, we decided to bring the change ourselves, as responsible youngsters of society.”
“The total amount we wanted for the school was Rs 1.25 lakh and the donations we got in form of raw materials helped a lot. We adopted the method of collecting old newspapers and selling them to get the amount for reconstruction.” “Few senior citizens of Nidadavole, a municipal town located in West Godavari, contributed Rs 3,500 by adopting the same procedure.
This inspired and motivated us to complete the initiative at any cost. It was a big task and we had no earlier experience on the matter,” he added. Talking about the motive behind collecting old papers, Kiran says, “We did this to involve as many people as we can, to show that it is not just money that can help but your will to do good. Also, we cannot just depend on the government always.”
“Our main motive was to gift the kids not just the school, but their right to education on the Independence Day. We feel glad that we brought a smile on those little faces.”
By:Meenakshi Sengupta
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