Hyderabad: A government girl’s school that was adopted by minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav three months ago continues to present a pathetic picture given the utter lack of facilities.
With no progress of any level, despite its powerful patron, the students, left in the lurch, continue to bear the brunt.
The government girls’ high school located in West Marredpally was adopted by the minister on September 24. Students complain of bad odour from the open urination in the school’s vicinity. Demanding an end to this nuisance and seeking beautification of the compound wall, they are seeking strict action against pasting and display of adult film posters on their school wall. Nor any other disgusting graffiti for that matter, they state.
The school, the premises of which also house a junior college for girls, has an overall strength of around 1,800 students.
“We seek that the wall be painted colourfully with plant saplings along the wall. It is very disturbing to walk with the foul smell from the drain that runs along the wall, which is a serious health hazard,” they said.
Incidentally, the Secunderabad cantonment board (SCB), under whose jurisdiction the school falls, is ranked seventh among 62 cantonments in Swachh Survekshan.
School headmistress Kasturi Geetha said it was very challenging to run the school without facilities.
“We are relying on private staff for maintenance of toilets as SCB is not taking any responsibility. The girls are at a serious health risk,” she said.
