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State of Colleges Smriti Sharma Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, June 15 A visit to the campus reveals the neglected state of the college campus. The college boasts of lush green playgrounds on both sides of the entrance, but both grounds present a picture of neglect. The basketball court has a worn out, rusty pole and similar is the fate of the football ground. Moreover, the wild growth, including congress grass, has overwhelmed the vast playground and is hardly being put to use. With the monsoon season round the corner, the threat of snakes and rodents to find their way into the classrooms looms large. Even as the new academic session is going to start, the authorities concerned have failed to spare a thought for the institution. In fact, the inside view is no better. The classrooms located in the rear of the building have dingy, damp and narrow corridors otherwise meant for the easy passage of the students. To top it all, these corridors even have open drains and unplastered walls. When contacted, Promila Kaushal, principal of the college, said, “The college has set up a beautification committee and the grounds would be cleaned up on a regular basis.” As regards provisions for the disabled, the principal said, “So far, we have never faced a situation as such but we are working on it.”
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Nothing holds them back
Chandigarh, June 15 Monu Ram, a student of the institute from Himachal Pradesh who lives in the hostel, here, has scored more than 80 per cent marks in the Class X examination of the Punjab School Education Board. Jaspreet, a Mohali resident, has scored over 74 per cent. Both Ram Saran and his brother Ram Pal have scored 69 per cent marks and have their plans set for the future. “I want to be a tabla instructor,” said Ram Sharan. A cricket buff, Ram Sharan is hooked on the radio and has the latest news about the Indian cricket team. “Sehwag will be missing from the team and I will miss his explosive batting,” he smiles. Blind since birth, the brothers are now mobility trained and are able to commute unattended from their house near Ambala to the institute. “We take help from fellow passengers and have never lost our way,” say the brothers. Ram Sharan is a national shot put champion as well. Ram Pal wants to become a teacher. “Social studies interests me and I want to teach civics,” he says adding he along with his brother will continue his studies at the institute and appear for the Class XII examination. Another bright student of the institute is Mansi Chitkara, who also scored 69 per cent marks. Daughter of a city-based banker, Mansi is partially sighted and will now be leaving the institute to join a government school. “The aim is to make these students a part of the mainstream,” explains institute principal K.R. Sood. Mansi’s mother, who is devoted to Mansi and her younger son who is mentally challenged, said she had never made her daughter feel handicapped. “Its just that she cannot see properly. She is a very intelligent child and learns everything fast,” she says. The institute teachers could not agree more. “When one faculty is missing the others are sharper,” explains Gursharanjit Kaur, a teacher at the institute. “Every child is given individual attention. Braille script is taught in the early classes and as the children grow up, they are also taught about their own upkeep and hygiene,” says Vijay Chawla, another senior teacher of the institute. The institute’s record of having achieved hundred per cent results in Classes XII and X remains unbroken. “Not a single student of this institute has sat at home doing nothing. Either they have moved on to do jobs or higher studies,” says Sood. Institute chairman General Rajendra Nath (retd) said the institute ran purely on donations. “Every activity is completely transparent and that is why so many persons come forward to help. The Chandigarh administration, too, has been of immense aid,” he said. “But we have a complaint against the municipal corporation of the city which has taken Rs 3 lakh from us as property tax. We are not earning profit from these students. Every facility given to them, including the books and hostel, is free of cost,” he said.
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Father’s Day
Mohali, June 15
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Kidnap Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, June 15 The police had arrested Harvinder Singh, his wife Manjit Kaur and Parminder Singh, all residents of Patiala, last night for allegedly kidnapping Manjit Singh of Sector 41 on Thursday morning. The police said it wanted to recover a document from the accused, which they got forcibly signed from the victim. Manjit had alleged that the accused kidnapped him from his residence and took him to Patiala and got signed some documents from him. They also demanded a ransom of Rs 5.50 lakh from his family for his release. Denying the allegations, the accused maintained that they had given money to Manjit Singh for getting visas, which the latter could not arrange. When they demanded their sum back, he resorted to dilly-dallying tactics. One of the accused, Harvinder Singh, an employee of a liquor vend in Patiala, claimed that he had given more than Rs 1 lakh along with his passport to Manjit Singh for getting him a visa. He later found that the latter duped him by handing over his passport with a fake visa. When he demanded his money back, Manjit began avoiding him. Parminder Singh asserted that he had given four passports and Rs 66,000 to Manjit Singh for getting visas. Manjit Singh was in touch with Mumbai-based travel agents. Neither did he get visa on the passports given to him, nor did he return their money. At this he, along with Harvinder, came to his residence on Thursday. The accused held that it was not kidnapping as Manjit Singh himself sat in their car.
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