KATHMANDU, June 14: Students have staged a protest in the capital, demanding the reconstruction of Tri-Chandra Multiple Campus. Students protested in front of the college on Tuesday, demanding reconstruction of the campus building stating that they are forced to study in dilapidated classrooms as the physical infrastructure of the campus has not been rebuilt.
The students complain that the very people who are in the leading position of the government tend to forget the same place they used to study at, including Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba. They say that it was unfortunate that the nearby Dharahara and Ranipokhari could not become an educational institution to improve the educational quality of the students and make them qualified.
Speaking during the demonstration, Govinda Koirala, a student of Trichandra Campus, said that there was a shortage of classrooms and students were forced to study while standing up as the reconstruction of the building with red stickers after the 2015 earthquake has not started yet.
Trichandra College and Ghantaghar to be reconstructed
Koirala said that the National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) was entrusted with the task of constructing the building but the Ministry of Education took the matter into their own hands as the campus was not reconstructed last year. However, the ministry has also not made any effort to reconstruct the damaged classrooms. Similarly, Sheren Joshi, another student of the campus, said that she had to study under the constant fear of being buried as she feels the roof and walls of her classroom may collapse anytime.
Similarly, students Surendra Bishwakarma and Bishnu Pandey said that students had to come to the streets as the college buildings were not reconstructed. Joshi shared that they are having to take classes while being overwhelmed with fear due to the state the classrooms of the campus are in.
Similarly, Jeevan Lama, the gatekeeper of the campus, said that it was a pity that a campus where many financially disadvantaged students study could not be reconstructed. He said that Nepali Congress General Secretary Gagan Kumar Thapa had also studied in the same school but was not interested now. He said that immediate steps need to be taken to rebuild the school with the help of stakeholders.
Lama said he had been working on campus for 20 years and claimed that the college has not been monitored by any government body. He stressed the need for the government employees and the government to start repairs at the earliest possible.
