The school-cum cyclone shelter building is disappearing in the clutches of the terrible Meghna in Bhola's Tajumuddin. The four-storey building constructed by SSDP at a cost of Tk 3 crore in Nishchintapur Sikder Bazar of Char Zahiruddin, which is isolated from the upazila, is about to collapse and sink into the riverbed. Charbasi has expressed displeasure that the building was not removed on time through tender on the pretext of bureaucratic procrastination.
According to sources, a four-storey building was constructed at a cost of Tk 2.92 crore in the Secondary Education Sector Development Project (SSDP) 2010/11 of the Department of Secondary and Higher Education to expand the shelter and education system of the people in the char areas.
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He started the educational activities of Nishchintpur Sikder Bazar Model High School established in 2006 in the building. In this huge building with 195 rooms and 21 rooms, 12 teachers and staff with 218 students from Durgam Char joined the MPO in 2016 and continued their educational activities with good reputation.
This huge building, which is currently in the grip of severe erosion in the Meghna, is about to sink into the riverbed as the concerned authorities have not removed it properly.
Zakir Hossain, acting headmaster of the school, said, "We have become homeless with books, furniture, solar and other goods worth crores of rupees."
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Malangchara Union Parishad Chairman Nurunnabi Sikder Babul said it was necessary to ensure quick alternative arrangements to continue the expansion of shelter and education to the people of Char.
Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Al Noman said an auction notice has been issued to remove the building through auction after inspecting it along with Paubi officials as it is risky. But due to the intensity of river erosion, part of the building collapsed and was damaged.