Amid heavy rainfall, a boundary wall of a newly built government school in the Sriniwaspuri area collapsed. The incident occurred at the Garhi Jharia Maria in the East of Kailash area on Saturday.
Delhi Education Minister Atishi on Sunday ordered an immediate physical inspection of all government schools to ensure that children do not face any problem after reaching schools on Monday morning. Shrinivaspuri is the Assembly constituency of Delhi's Education Minister Atishi.
“As we are aware that during last few days, the city has faced continuous heavy rainfalls and it might have affected the conditions of government school buildings. It is directed that all Regional Directors, Deputy Director of Education – Zones and District, Principals and Vice-Principals must conduct physical inspection of all the government schools under their jurisdiction today itself and ensure that on opening of schools tomorrow there are no such deficiencies are found which may cause problems for the security of the school children,” the order stated.
It added that a compliance report be submitted by Sunday night. “In case, any deficiencies or serious problem is found then the same should be cordoned off to avoid any mishappening,” the order said. Atishi, however, said that the wall was 35 years old and termed 150 mm of rainfall in the city an "unusual climate event".The order came amid an attack by opposition parties after the collapse of the section of the East of Kailash school. Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva visited the area and attacked the Delhi government.
Criticising the AAP government Sachdeva said that despite the expenditure of 16 crores on the construction of the school, the boundary wall had collapsed.