Schools under BSL lens for illegal hostel biz
Posted by arshadamanullah on June 5, 2011
Divy Khare, TNN, Jun 4, 2011, 02.08pm IST
BOKARO: In a bid to curb illegal hostel business in company quarters in the township, the Bokaro Steel Limited (BSL) has tightened noose on the schools here.
The BSL has directed schools to ban students from staying on rent in outhouses constructed illegally in quarters. The step has been taken by the BSL to boost the anti-encroachment drive being conducted in the township on directives of the Jharkhand High Court.
BSL has provided land to almost all the schools in the township and hence the directive is being taken seriously by every school, said sources.
The city, which is fast growing as an education hub, draws a large number of outstation students every year from other districts of Bihar, West Bengal etc. With maximum schools bereft of any hostel facility, outsiders are forced to stay in rooms illegally constructed in BSL quarters.
The officials of the town and administration (T&A) department of BSL have found that majority of residents have illegally constructed rooms in allotted or leased quarters of BSL and given it on rent to the outsider for money.
However, BSL while conducting demolition drive recently razed down a few dozen unauthorized hostels in Sector-IV. It also served notices to many employees and lessees to remove such illegal deviations from their quarters. “We have also sought support from schools in this regard,” said a BSL official.
He added, “The increasing number of students in the private schools is one of the prime reasons leading to unauthorized encroachments in quarters in form of dwelling units and hostels. This has created imbalance in normal distribution of basic amenities like electricity and water.”
BSL in the letter served to private schools mentions indiscriminate increase in number of outstation students have forced them to stay in cramped and unhygienic conditions in unauthorized constructions made on the premises of BSL quarters.
BSL management will not allow misuse of the facility provided by the company. A senior official of education department said though the management has planned action against the occupants, the schools should also realize their responsibility towards maintenance of township, which was meant to provide accommodation to the plant employees only.
BSL has directed schools that no further new class or addition in the existing strength of the classes shall be made without permission of the management. Besides, the management has made it mandatory for schools to collect details and addresses related to proposed or existing accommodation from the outside students during their admissions in the current academic year.
If any fresh student, except ward of BSL employees, provides address of BSL quarters, the school should collect a hand written certified copy by the house occupants about the relation they have with the student and mention that the student is not staying on rent in their house premises, said sources.
