Kulgam Education Department Faces Delays in Constructing School on State Land; Enrolled Students Await Resolution

According to sources, the school continues to operate from a rented building owned by the Auqaaf committee, incurring a monthly rent of approximately 10,500 rupees. This temporary arrangement poses significant challenges to the students’ learning environment, compounded by the school’s proximity to a band-saw mill, which puts their health at risk. Despite the residents’ earnest pleas to authorities for a shift to a permanent building, their appeals have fallen on deaf ears.

(The designated patch and the board hung on the tree can be seen in the pic  )

Last year, a team of revenue officials visited the village and identified a suitable patch of state land for constructing the school. However, disappointingly, construction work has not commenced to date. In the village, a board boldly marks the identified land, displaying the words “proposed site for the construction of Government Middle School Mutalhama Zone Qaimoh,”

Talking to Arising State, CEO Kulgam, Mohammad Maqbool Qadri, addressed the concerns surrounding the band-saw mills, emphasizing that they have legal permissions in place, making their removal challenging. However, Mr. Qadri assured that the identified land for constructing the school remains firmly in the plan. He pledged to personally take up the matter on a priority basis, recognizing the urgency of the situation and the need to fulfill the aspirations of the enrolled students.