250 buildings in danger of collapse not maintained

[Lahore_Real_Estate]

KARACHI - Private schools and colleges will open on August 2 (today), while hundreds of the government academic institutions in the metropolis are still waiting for the attention of the administration.
More than 250 government schools have already been declared as life risk for students.
Monsoon rainwater is still stagnant in and outside the premises of the public schools and colleges that may cause fatal diseases among the students, while more rains are expected in the metropolis.
A source in the Education Department of the City Government told The Nation that the education department had provided a list of more than 250 damaged government schools, being run under the supervision of the City Government, to Educational Works Department for immediate restoration work but the department did nothing so far.
He said the renovation work was a matter of lives of hundreds of students.
He added that these 250 schools out of more than 2,000 are situated in 18 towns of the city; majority of schools buildings are facing horrible seepage, caused by torrential rains.
Health experts have already warned the citizens to take preventive measures in monsoon rains, as it may intensify gastroenteritis, diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, typhoid, dengue fever, malaria and cholera in the megalopolis.
Because stagnant water emer-ged after torrential rains in the city, may be turned into breeding pools of mosquitoes and flies, while these tiny insects cause diarrhea, malaria and dengue.
Besides, EDO Municipal Se-rvices, Masood Alam, while talking to TheNation, said that his department had received more than two dozens complaints from some major government schools, which now have been cleared.
He said more rains were expected in the City, so in new spells of rain schools managements are advised to contact with his department or informed the concerned town administration.
He said more rains might affect the buildings of public schools which are already in poor condition.