[eebill] FW: where is the school for children? [from Social Jurist]

[Gita Dewan Verma]

>From: "Ashok" <socialjur at mantraonline.com>
>To: "Gurcharan Das" <gurcharandas at vsnl.com>, "GOOGLE" 
><news-feedback at google.com>, "Gita Diwan Verma TownPlanner" 
><purplepapaya36 at hotmail.com>, "Ghanshyam JUDAV" 
><judav_jharkhand at yahoo.com>, "Gerry Pinto UNICEF" <gpinto at unicef.org>
>Subject: where is the school for children?
>Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 15:33:45 +0530
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>TAKE SCHOOL TO CHILDREN CAMPAIGN
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>(Social Jurist - M.V. Foundation Initiative­)
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>21.12.2004
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>To,
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>1.         The Hon'ble Chief Minister,
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>             Govt. of National Capital Territory of Delhi,
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>             Delhi Secretariat, I.P. Estate,
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>             New Delhi-110003.
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>2.         The Commissioner,
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>             Municipal Corporation of Delhi,
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>             Town Hall, Chandni Chowk,
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>             Delhi-110006.
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>3.         The Director of Education,
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>             Govt. of National Capital Territory of Delhi,
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>             Old Secretariat Building,
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>             Delhi-110054.
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>4.         The Director (Primary Education),
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>             Municipal Corporation of Delhi,
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>             Old Hindu College Building,
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>Kashmere Gate, Delhi-110054.
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>Sir/Madam,
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>             It is brought to your kind notice that Mukandpur colony in 
>north-west Delhi which is part of Bhalaswa-Jahangirpuri MLA area is having 
>a population of about 1.5 lacs people.  There is no Govt. School in the 
>entire area.  There is only one MCD Primary School where about 3,000 
>children (both shifts) are studying. The condition of even this school is 
>very bad.  There are only six classrooms out of which one is used as store 
>and 5 are used as classrooms.  Average number of students in each class is 
>around 120, which are much beyond the capacity of a classroom, and large 
>numbers of students have to sit outside the classroom.  There is no toilet 
>block for the children.  In the morning shift girls are studying whereas in 
>afternoon shift boys are studying. There is no proper drinking water 
>facility in the school.  The residents of the area have many times brought 
>the school related problems to your notice but unfortunately, no action on 
>your part has so far been taken.  Inspite of the fact that the Gram Sabha 
>has made land available to the Delhi Govt., the Govt. has not done anything 
>to build the school.
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>             That in the absence of schooling facilities in this area, 
>thousands of children have to go to the schools which are at far distant 
>places, ranging between 3-5 km. Many times fatal accidents involving the 
>lives of the children have taken place when the students were crossing the 
>outer Ring Road for attending the school.  On the other hand, there are 
>thousands of children between the age group 6-14 who are out of school and 
>are working as child labour in agriculture, ragpicking etc. These children 
>are required to be in school and not at work. The conditions in the area 
>are horrible and the Govt. is taking no interest to improve the conditions 
>of children in the area.
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>             The total inaction on the part of the Govt. and the local 
>authorities is resulting in violation of the fundamental right to education 
>of the very large number of children of the area. The residents of the area 
>have now decided that if Government and the local authorities will not take 
>immediate steps to provide proper and adequate schooling facilities for the 
>children of the area, they will have no option except to lodge their 
>protest by way of holding demonstration both at Delhi Secretariat and the 
>Town Hall.
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>             We once again request you to look into this matter and do the 
>needful.
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>             Thanking you,
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>Yours faithfully,
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>(ASHOK AGARWAL)
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>ADVOCATE
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>CONVENER
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>M-9811101923
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