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Club Encroaches On Schools' Land In KolkataBy siddharth22, Section News
The future of about 300 students of two government-run schools in the heart of Tollygunge's Ghari Ghar area looks bleak, as a clash of interest between custodians mutwallis of the Wakf estate the schools stand on and the school authorities threatens the very existence of the 70-year-old institute.
A concrete construction erodes into the ramshackle school "building", which operates out of a makeshift shed spread over 13 cottahs of the Wakf estate, and a board hangs outside Ghari Ghar Young Association. A club house is being erected adjacent to the school by the Prince Rafiuddin Wakf Estates Mutwallis Committee, and according to school authorities, it encroaches upon the land donated to the schools by the Wakif of the estate, Prince Rafiuddin, grandson of Tipu Sultan. A senior official of Kolkata Municipal Corporation's Borough-X alleged the club house was being built with the tacit support of CPI-M strongmen in the area. "The staircase they are building has even damaged parts of the school building," Mr Serajul Islam, headmaster of Mollahat Junior High School, said. The school has about 150 students. With a tin roof shed, the classrooms of the school are no less than furnace. A lazy ceiling fan blows hot air past flushed faces of the students. Garbage is heaped all over the schools' "campus", which also houses the Mollahat Primary School with 135 students. Aziza Khatun (17) has been studying in Mollahat Junior HS since the last four years. "I don't want the school to be shut down. If anyone tries to close down the school, we won't let them," she said. And her classmates from Class VIII, Shehnaz Khatun, Nisha Khatun and others, vehemently agreed.
Both the school headmaster and the Prince Rafiuddin Wakf Estates Mutwallis Committee, have filed complaints with Charu Market police station. Police here find themselves in a precarious position, as the slightest provocation could spark violence in the area.
A resident of the Ghari Ghar area, who didn't want to be named, said locals feared there would be violence soon. He added that the dispute was between two factions involved with the Wakf estate and the school. "Police here are afraid of stepping on any toes, as the issue is very sensitive, and violence could flare up between the two factions at the drop of a hat," he said. "We are trying to maintain status quo by not allowing any further construction work of the club house," a senior police officer of Charu Market police station said. When asked about the matter, Mr Abdus Sattar, state minister for minorities' welfare and madarssa education, and chairman of the state Wakf Board, said: "We will conduct an inquiry into the matter and if any party is found guilty, they will be dealt with accordingly." Source:The Statesman,15-05-08
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