After the death of seven children after the roof collapsed in a government school in Jhalawar in Rajasthan, a report has revealed that 2,710 school buildings in the state need a large scale repair and a sum of Rs 254 crore allocated for it is pending for approval from the Finance Department.

According to the report of the State Education Department, 710 school buildings have been marked as a need for mass repair in 2024-25 financial year and Rs 79.24 crore has been fixed for their renewal.

Budget announcement

In the current financial year, 2,000 more such more unsafe schools have been listed, for which a separate budget of Rs 174.97 crore has been announced for repair.

However, the report states that most of the funds have not been approved by the Finance Department yet, which raises serious questions on administrative delay and budget execution.

The report has shown that 83 building structures in Jhalawar district were identified in the risk evaluation of 2024-25 and 2025-26 of the Education Department.

Accident in Piplodi village of Jhalawar

Seven children were killed and 28 others were injured when a part of a part of the roof of the Government Upper Primary School on Friday in Piplodi village of Jhalawar.

The public outrage on this tragedy continues, while the local administration is also criticizing the alleged evidence of demolition of the collapse of the collapse of the collapse in Piplodi.

Congress leader Pramod Jain Bhaya said that the way the Jhalawar district administration has hurry to demolish the building structure, he raises serious questions. This looks like an attempt to erase the evidence.

In many other districts, there have been incidents of wall collapse in dilapidated school buildings. Senior BJP leader and former cabinet minister Pratap Singh Singhvi criticized the delay of bureaucracy in taking action on identified buildings.

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The difficulties of the Rajasthan government have increased due to the accident in the school in Jhalawar, Rajasthan. The National Human Rights Commission has sent a notice to the Bhajanlal government of the state on Saturday (July 26).

The NHRC said that it has issued a notice to the Rajasthan government and the Superintendent of Police of Jhalawar in view of the fall of a government school building in the district. Seven students died and many others were injured in this accident. NHRC has sought a detailed report in connection with the incident in two weeks.

Automatic cognizance taken on media news

The NHRC said in a statement that it has taken cognizance of the “media reports automatically that on July 25, seven children died and 28 others were injured when a government school building collapsed in Jhalawar district of Rajasthan.”

Notice sent to Chief Secretary-SP

The Commission has said that if the media report is correct then it raises a serious issue of human rights violations. The statement said, “Therefore, the court issued a notice to the Chief Secretary of the Government of Rajasthan and the Superintendent of Police of Jhalawar seeking a detailed report on the case within two weeks.”

‘Report has compensation details’

The Human Rights Commission said that the report is expected to include the health status of the injured students as well as the details of compensation given to the relatives of the deceased (if any).

7 children lost their lives in accident

Let me tell you that a part of the building of Piplodi Government School in Jhalawar district collapsed before praying in the morning, which killed seven children and injured more than 25, some of which are critical.

The condition of the school was already told

Allegedly, the local people had informed the district officials about the ‘dilapidated condition of the school building’, but no action was taken.

On the instructions of Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma, the state government has constituted a special standing committee to review the security of state schools, hostels, colleges, hospitals, other state buildings, roads and culverts.

This committee will ensure that repair work of unsafe buildings and bridges to be completed before 15 June every year. Chief Secretary Sudhansh Pant has issued orders regarding the formation of the committee.

Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma took a high -level meeting soon after the school building accident in Piplodi village on Friday (July 25). In order to follow the instructions given by the Chief Minister in the meeting, the security audit of state buildings has been formed at the state level for the security audit and special repair.

Who will be included in the committee?

The chairman of this committee will be the Additional Chief Secretary, Public Works Department. Along with this, Additional Chief Secretary Higher and Technical Education or Representative Joint Secretary Level, Additional Chief Secretary Rural and Panchayati Raj or Representative Joint Secretary Level, Principal Secretary Energy Department, Principal Secretary, Department of Energy and Health, Government Secretary, Government Secretary, Urban Development and Housing, Government Secretary Education Department, Department of Education, Department of Education, Department of Autonomous Governance, Department of Affairs, Department of Agriculture and Finance Department will be members of this committee.

Committee will conduct security check and repair of government buildings

This committee will give directions to review all schools, colleges, hostels, offices, roads and bridges of the state, identifying dilapidated and unprotected buildings, preparation of disgrace and providing money for special repair of unsecured buildings and providing funds.

Along with this, this committee will review all state buildings to ensure security by providing financial and other resources every year for special repair. This committee will also review the efforts and instructions being made to stop the security and loss of life of state buildings.

Standing committee constituted at district level also

Similarly, a standing committee has also been formed at the district level, in which the District Collector will be president. The committee will include Chief Executive Officer Zilla Parishad, Superintending Engineer Public Works Department, Superintending Engineer Electricity Distribution Corporation, Chief Medical Officer, District Education Officer and other invited officers from the District Collector.

This committee will form a committee as per the need at all division levels by co-ordination from all departments and will prepare the security audit report of unsecured buildings, damaged roads and unsecured bridges.

At the same time, during the rainy season, the necessary instructions will be issued to prevent accidents due to electricity, drowning in floods, damaged buildings, roads, culverts and waterlogging etc. At the same time, dilapidated buildings and structures will be declared unsafe and ensure to destroy them.