After the train accident in Balasore, Odisha, there were piles of dead bodies, more than 275 people lost their lives in this terrible accident. The accident was so big that mortuaries fell short to keep the dead bodies in Balasore, due to which the dead bodies had to be kept at different places. In one such 65-year-old school, bodies wrapped in shroud were kept. Till a few days after the accident, these bodies were kept in the school building. Now news has come to light that some students of this school have appealed to the government to construct a new building and they are not ready to come to the school till then. These students are in fear due to the dead body being kept in the school.
In fact, the students of Bahanaga High School in Odisha are scared to return to their classes. The students and the School Management Committee (SMC) have urged the state government to demolish the building as it is very old. “Students are scared,” said Pramila Swain, principal of Bahanaga High School, adding that the school “planned to hold a religious program and perform some rituals.”
He said that some senior students of the school and NCC cadets also joined the rescue operation. Balasore District Magistrate Dattatraya Bhausaheb Shinde, who visited the school on Thursday, June 8, on the instructions of the School and Mass Education Department, said, “I have met the school management committee members, the headmistress, other staff and local people. They want to demolish the old building and renovate it so that children do not have any fear or apprehension in going to class.”
A member of the SMC told the District Magistrate that after seeing the bodies lying in the school building on television channels, “the children are affected and are reluctant to come to the school when it reopens on June 16”.
Though the bodies have been taken to Bhubaneswar and the school premises have been sanitised, the students and parents are scared. “It is difficult to forget that so many bodies were kept in our school building,” said a student. The SMC initially allowed only three classrooms to store the bodies. Later, the district administration used the school hall to keep the bodies for identification.
Proposal will be given to the government
Some parents are also thinking of changing the educational institution instead of sending their children to Bahnaga Vidyalaya. Meanwhile, Balasore District Education Officer (DEO) Bishnu Charan Sutar held a meeting with SMC and alumni members on Wednesday to motivate students and parents not to promote any negative thoughts. “We will ensure that no student leaves school because of this,” he said. The DEO said that the school and the local people contributed a lot in the rescue and relief operation during the train accident. The District Magistrate said that he has asked the SMC to pass a resolution regarding their demand to demolish the building and submit it to the government.
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