A school which looses all teachers in mishap

Employees’ union call for one day strike

Kishtwar, May 4: It was a routine day at Government Higher Secondary School Palmar. Peon opened the school students were getting ready to attend their classes after weekend and teacher too left to perform their duty. However, destiny had something else in store for every one of them. Tragedy struck and the school lost all of its teachers in the road mishap.

Sources informed that out of the twenty teachers, who lost their lives in the road mishap, ten were posted at Government Higher Secondary School, Palmar. Even the principal of the teacher is battling between life and death at Government Medical College Hospital, Jammu, where he was airlifted.

It was learnt that entire staff of the GHSS Palmar left their homes to attend their duties but none of them reached to their destination. Tragedy struck and they lost their lives in the mishap.

Principal of the school had called a meeting in the school and had asked the entire staff to remain present, a local resident, whose son is a student of the school said.

The school is now orphaned, he said with tears rolling down from his cheeks. My child has not eaten anything since morning and he has gone in a state of shock, he adds.

Back in Kishtwar, colleagues of the deceased teachers were in state of shock. They believe that if things remain as it is most of them will fall pray to the government apathy and road mishaps.

One of our colleagues who lost her life in the accident had once expressed apprehension that one day we may die in an accident, a teacher, Ghulam Ahmed said. He said that now ever teacher posted outside Kishtwar has the same apprehension as we feel that our lives are no more secure on this deadly road.

Joint Employees Federation and District Teachers Association Kishtwar, in the meanwhile, have called for a day long strike in Kishtwar as homage to their deceased colleagues and mark of protest against the government’s failure to take meaningful measures.

Reports said that police arrested one person, this evening, who was making announcements about the strike call, which has also created resentment among the teachers fraternity.