The government could consider winding up or merging its 131 primary schools that have zero enrolment and 1,957 schools which have less than 10 students in the state as part of the rationalisation process.
This was stated by Education Minister Govind Thakur in a written reply to a query raised by Ramesh Dhwala of the BJP. He wanted to know the number of schools with zero or less than 10 enrolment and if the government was considering their rationalisation.
Besides this, losses suffered by the Irrigation and Public Health Department amounted to Rs 215.53 crore. I admit that the damages are far more than the compensation received from the Centre or even from our own funds. As such, a large number of repair works have been undertaken as part of various schemes under the MGNREGA or conservation, he stated.
He said at times, relief or compensation given was inadequate but the government had to abide by the relief manual and could not go beyond the fixed amount.