Official apathy leaves boys’ college without water
Lone borewell defunct, authorities turn a blind eye
Following a severe protest over apathy of authorities concerned in supplying water to the Government First Grade Boys’ College on Friday, the City Municipal Council supplied water in tanker to the college on Saturday. But the college staff feel that it is only a temporary solution by the council.
For, it has been three months since the college students and the staff have had water as the lone borewell at the college is lying defunct. The college is entirely dependent on the borewell for drinking water and for other purposes. With the borewell not functioning, the students have been asked to fetch drinking water from their homes.
But there is no water to conduct lab classes. Needless to speak about the toilets in the college.
The college had set up a water treatment plant at a cost of Rs one lakh last year. But this stands unused, now.
The authorities at the college had submitted memoranda to the Public Works Department and City Municipal Council urging either to repair the borewell or sink a new borewell but nothing came their way.
“We have not been able to conduct laboratory classes for the science students since three months. We had appealed to the CMC to provide one tanker of water daily to the college on September 22. But the authorities concerned chose to ignore it even after so many days,” said the authorities.
Incensed over the apathy of the authorities concerned, college lecturers resorted to protest on Friday. They even submitted a memorandum in this regard to PWD office on the same day.
“The authorities concerned of PWD and CMC have not discussed the issue at all. This explains their responsibility towards citizens,” said college authorities. The college has voluntarily taken up the repair work of motor pump as they did not receive any help from the civic bodies, college Principal G Venkatesh to Deccan Herald.
“It is common to see citizens protesting for water. But teachers, instead of conducting classes, have been forced to protest for their college’s sake. It is time, the civic bodies took note of the students’ plight,” he added.
