Roofs of 2 classrooms collapse in Faridkot

There was no one in the room due to the ongoing midterm exams.

DARSHAN SINGH, principal, Govt Sr Sec School, Machaki Kalan

FARIDKOT: Roofs of two classrooms collapsed at Government Senior Secondary School, Machaki Kalan village, around 10km the district headquarters, on Wednesday.

No one was injured as the students were taking a paper as part of the mid-term exams, out in the open. The rooms had been renovated and repaired in 2014, after they had been found unsafe.

After the mishap, walls of other classrooms in the corridor also developed cracks. Till the filing of this report, no senior official of the education department had visited the spot.

“A mishap was averted as there was no in one room, due to the ongoing mid-term exams that started from September 24. In the second room, students used to keep their bags,” school principal Darshan Singh said, adding, “We have written to the district education officer (secondary) on the incident and also sought funds for constructing new classrooms.”

DEO (secondary) Baljit Kaur Brar said, “I have received information of the mishap and will be taking up the matter with my seniors.”

Angry villagers slammed the government for its carelessness and demanded that a regular survey should be conducted.