RAIPUR: Two months after the inauguration of Eklavya Model Residential School (EMRS) by PM Narendra Modi in Jashpur, the home district of the Chhattisgarh Chief Minister, the building premises didn’t have a supply or any installation of potable water facility for students.The Eklavya School built at a cost of over Rs 40 crore at Pathalgaon, about 350 km north-east of Raipur, consequently remains closed owing to the non-availability of water. The EMRS is meant to impart quality education to Scheduled Tribe children in remote areas.PM Modi virtually inaugurated the EMRS on October 2 virtually through a video conference and the residential school secured admissions of over 300 tribal students.Now these students have been shifted to nearby two villages for their schooling as the EMRS remained non-operational after the inauguration.The officials of the education department expressing concern stated that the agency engaged with the EMRS project didn’t undertake the initial essential groundwork.
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