Four Government inter colleges and 57 primary schools collapsed while 82 inter colleges and 384 primary schools were partially damaged due to cloudbursts, floods and landslides caused by incessant rain in the State, said School Education additional director NK Bahuguna.
The education department has sent a proposal of around Rs 26 crore to the State Government for the construction and repair of these schools. He further said that as per the report received from the disaster affected districts, a total of 527 Government schools including 86 inter colleges and high schools and 4 Government primary and junior high schools were damaged in the state, Bahuguna added. Apart from this, the State government has released Rs 8.78 crore to the department for giving Rs 500 to each student of disaster affected districts.
Bahuguna said that government released around Rs 3.84 crore for giving such amount to as many as 76, 940 students of high schools and inter colleges while around Rs 4.94 crore for 98, 836 students of primary and high schools in Chamoli, Rudraprayag, Uttarkashi, Bageshwar, Pithoragarh, Haridwar and Pauri districts. He further said that the education department would soon release this fund to the affected districts and a cheque of Rs 500 to each student will be provided under the supervision of chief education officers concerned in the State.