Hamirpur (HP), June 17 : A family of Rally village of the district has come to the aid of the Education Department in providing funds for the construction of as new building of the high school there, it was reported on Friday.
The Attri family (Pritam Singh Attri and Amit Attri) have donated a sum of 23.50 lakh rupees for the construction of the new building of High school Phagoti in the Hamirpur district.
The family has assured more funds for the construction of IT lab and other related developmental activities in the school.
It’s worth mentioning here that the villagers of Karenhada and Phagoti had started their own Public Primary School at Phagoti village on 5 October 1971 in backward panchayat of Rally. The villagers also constructed six rooms here at their level so as to help local children to get an education.
Later on the school was acquired by the State Government on 27 October 1972. On 1 April 1997, the government gave this school the status of middle school and in April 2015, the status of high school. The six rooms built in the past are now in a dilapidated condition and that led the Attri family to come to the aid of the children.
Local people had also told this thing to the concerned local authorities without any help from them.
Ultimately, the villagers approached the Attri family and told them about the shortage of rooms in the school. Atri immediately gave Rs 23.49 lakh for the construction of rooms in the school. Apart from this, he talked about giving more support to the headmaster and the school management committee. He also asked for the construction of two toilets.
School headmaster Kamaraj Sethi and school staff, local panchayat representatives have thanked Pritam Singh Attri and Amit Attri for their help.
Local people are hopeful that the new campus of the school will come up shortly with the help provided by the Attri family of the area.