An open well in the Gundichapur Primary School premises here continues t o pose danger for students and leave parents in a state of fear, thanks to the blatant unconcern of the authorities even after the occurrence of two fatal incidents.
The well poses danger not only to the students of the school but also the children of the Anganwadi Centre operating in a building in front of the well. Now, about 60 students are studying in the school and 20 in the Anganwadi Centre.
“An ox fell in the well and died in August this year. A student had died falling in the well eight years ago. But nobody is worried to close the well,” said a guardian of a student.
He said while the school established in 1957 has already got pucca houses, the authorities’ carelessness to close the well has kept parents in a state of fear for years.
When contacted, Headmaster Fakir Chandra lenka and president Brahmananda Parida said though they have intimated the BEO, BRC and Sarpanch in written several times but to no result.