The school for deaf and dumb children in Siwan. Picture by Rakesh K Singh

Siwan, July 11: The only school for the auditory and visually impaired children in the district is in a shambles.

The building has been under the constant threat of getting collapsed for the past several years. The ceiling of the school is in a very bad shape. Amid incessant rainfall, it might come down any day.

The teachers of the school as well as the residents of the area are worried that the ceiling of the school might fall down. Fifty students of the school face the threat of being seriously injured in case of such an accident.

The school was estab-lished in 1992. A plot near Gandhi Maidan under the Town police station was donated for the school and it started with the secretary-cum-principal of the school teaching the impaired students. The school has classes up to Class VIII.

However, with passage of time, no help came from any corner and the con-dition of the school kept deteriorating.

A teacher of the school, Anil Kumar Mishra, told The Telegraph: “The district magistrate, Siwan MP, as well as a member of the legislative council inspected the school and expressed concerns over its condition. However, no steps have been taken to come out with a solution to the problem.”

He said: “In December, 2007 then district magistrate Rashid Ahmad Khan had written to the registration department so that the school could be provided certain benefits. But nothing happened in this direction. In 2009, former state health minister Vyas Deo Prasad inspected the school and assured to provide certificates to the students of the school but even that was not done.”

The teacher added that Siwan MP Om Prakash Yadav had also visited the school in 2009 and had wished the school all the best. “But that was all. No help came and the school did not benefit,” Mishra said.

Another teacher in the school pointed out that some books were provided in 1998 but nothing after that.

“The building is in such a bad condition that any accident might happen anytime. No one seems to be bothered about the school or its students,” he added.

The district magistrate, Lokesh Kumar, who is also the president of the school, is on leave and was not available for comment.