Jamshedpur, July 17: The Indian Meteorological Department has identified six states of the country as most sensitive to the dangers of lightning, including the state of Jharkhand.
According to the data of the Meteorological Department, there were 4 lakh 39 thousand 828 incidents of lightning in Jharkhand in the year 2021-22. Lightning conductors were installed in all the schools of the district in the years 2008-09 and 2010-11 on the instructions of the Ranchi High Court.
At that time lightning conductors were installed in about two thousand schools in East Singhbhum. But as of today, there is no lightning conductor in 1597 schools of the district putting the students life at risk.
Chief Minister’s ambitious scheme Government Model School where CBSE education has started from this session under this scheme, model school building Sakchi Balika Plus Two Vidyalaya and new building for BPM Plus Two Vidyalaya were constructed in Jamshedpur. But even in these new school buildings, arrangements for lightning arrester and fire extinguisher have not been made.
It may be known that the said building was built in the financial year 2022-23 only.
In this regard, District Education Officer Nirmala Kumari Barelia said that from the point of view of the safety of the children in the district, in the meeting of the headmasters, all the headmasters were instructed to take permission from the school management committee and install lightning conductors and fire extinguishers in the school under the school development head and inform the department.
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