Academic year comes to end, but students are deprived of cycles yet
4,000 cycles getting rust at Kalladka-Mudipu School ground!
Bantwal, Jan 08: Cycles were usually distributed to students at the beginning of an academic year. However, though the current academic year is coming to an end, cycles have not been distributed to government schools so far. It has disappointed the students.
The Government had introduced the free cycle scheme to attract students towards government schools where, and to facilitate those students who do not have proper transportation facility as the number of students was declining day by day.
Since the scheme was implemented, cycles were provided up to the previous academic year. But, bicycles which had to be distributed to the students of Bantwal Taluk in the current year, have remained in Kalladka and Mudipu government schools for about three months. Consequently, the students of the current academic year have been deprived of cycles.
The government has reportedly given this contract to the Hero Company, and 4000 cycles of this company were sanctioned for the students of Bantwal Taluk. Following which the bicycles in same numbers have been reached to the Kalladka and Mudipu government schools. Several people have alleged that even after three months, the bicycles were not distributed to the students. The bicycles are still in the same place and getting rust.
Immediate distribution if government orders
The distribution of bicycles in the Bantwal taluk was on hold since the government has ordered the DDPI to distribute bicycles after having a quality check as the education department had received complaints from a various place of the state regarding the low quality of the cycles.
As per this order, a team of the department has recently visited Kalladka and Mudipu schools to check the quality of the bicycles and sent a report to the higher officials. The bicycles will be distributed soon after getting the government orders, Bantwal BEO Shivaprakash informed.
In November, the spare parts of the cycles were brought and assembled at the Kalladka Government School ground. However, they have not been distributed to students till date.
Also, parts are not assembled properly. Since the bicycles are stored on the ground, students are facing difficulty in playing there. The Block Education Officer must bring this issue to the government's notice and deliver the quality bicycle as soon as possible, Kalladka School's old student Musthafa has urged.
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Hemant Soren to take oath as 14th CM of Jharkhand on Thursday
Ranchi (PTI): Hemant Soren is set to take oath as the 14th chief minister of Jharkhand in a grand ceremony here on Thursday, which will be attended by several top political leaders, including AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
Governor Santosh Kumar Gangwar will administer the oath of office and secrecy to Soren at 4 pm.
This will be the 49-year-old JMM leader's fourth stint as chief minister.
Soren retained the Barhait seat, defeating BJP's Gamliyel Hembrom by a margin of 39,791 votes in the recent assembly polls. The JMM-led alliance stormed to victory, securing 56 seats in the 81-member assembly, while the BJP-led NDA managed 24 seats.
Posters for the event can be seen across the city, while security has been strengthened and traffic regulations put in place.
Schools in Ranchi city are shut on Thursday in view of the swearing in of the Hemant Soren government.
Jharkhand in-charge and Congress general secretary Ghulam Ahmad Mir said Soren is likely to take oath alone, and expansion of the cabinet will be held after a vote of confidence in the assembly.
Other senior political leaders likely to be in attendance are NCP chief Sharad Pawar, Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma, Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann and Himachal Pradesh CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, a JMM leader said.
CPI(ML)L general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti and Bihar’s Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav are also likely to attend the oath-taking ceremony.
"It’s heartening to have such esteemed leaders join us for this important occasion," said Soren, who along with senior officials paid a visit to the Morabadi ground on Wednesday evening to take stock of the arrangements.
