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Students left in lurch
Future of students, who are studying in government schools in the villages displaced by Vamshadhara Reservoir Project is uncertain as villages are being vacated by the officials and alternative arrangements for their studies have not been made.
Srikakulam: Future of students, who are studying in government schools in the villages displaced by Vamshadhara Reservoir Project is uncertain as villages are being vacated by the officials and alternative arrangements for their studies have not been made. The rehabilitation colonies are not ready for occupation but the officials have already started the evacuation process from Friday onwards.
In Hiramandal mandalam, a total of 13 villages would be affected, including the mandal headquarters. The Hiramandal, Peddasankili, Solipi, Gadabapeta, Bhimavaram, Chinnasankili, Barripeta, Tulagam, Duggupuram, Padali, Garlapadu, Korada and Chinnakollivalasa would be displaced in a phased manner.
Displacement of Chinnakollivalasa village was started on Friday and officials released a schedule to evacuate other villages on Saturday and asked the residents to cooperate with the officials. In all, the 13 affected villages, one high school at Tulagam village, three upper primary schools in Padali, Duggupuram and Peddasankili and 10 primary schools in other villages are functioning. In these schools, a total number of students from Class I to Class X are 744 while the teachers are 54.
Due to the displacement of villages, schools would also be closed soon while the students and their parents are a worried lot. As it is middle of the academic year, parents are worried over remaining period of the academic year particularly students studying Class X are feared about their future.
“We expressed our concern over the future of our children earlier, but officials did not heed to our request and now our children would be affected,” said Tottadi Polinaidu of Duggupuram, Suravarapu Simhachalam of Garlapadu villages.
“We had reported the matter to our higher officials regarding the future of children of displaced villages”, Hiramandal mandal education officer K Rambabu added.
“We are identifying schools in all adjacent villages in other mandals to adjust these students for current academic year,” said district educational officer A Prabhakara Rao said.
