Portion of Rajshahi Art College bldg demolished
RU Correspondent
The academic career of around 200 students of class XI and XII of Rajshahi Art College has become uncertain, as the joint forces in association with the district administration demolished the extended part of the first floor of the building on Wednesday morning. The college authorities had no written permission and had a due of around Tk two lakh. The hapless teachers, students and staffs of the college had nothing to do but watching demolition of their favourite institution. After demolishing the extended part of the building, the district administration has taken control of the ground floor of the building, sources of the deputy commission office said. College Principal AK Azad said they leased the building at Tk 2,500 per month from the deputy commissioner in 2000 and started academic operation in September. As the number of the students increased, the college authorities took verbal permission from the district administration and constructed another floor on the ground floor in 2005, added Azad. Later in the afternoon, college authorities took away their furniture from the ground floor apprehending demolition of the ground floor, sources said. The staffs of the district administration took control of the building and left the place leaving it under lock and key. Azad told newsmen that the academic activities will be hampered a little but they will be able to recover it after shifting the college to another building nearby.
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