School water-logged for 6 months a year
Students of a primary school in Phulbaria upazila cannot play sports and games on their school ground as it remains water-logged for six months a year.
Established in 1938, Koierchala Government Primary School has 229 students.
Headmaster Asma Khatun said the field remains water-logged for some six months a year, preventing the students from playing there.
Asma, who joined the school in 2009, said she has been facing the water-logging problem since she joined, but no initiative has been taken yet to solve the problem.
The situation has become more serious in recent years as there is no drainage system to let the rainwater flow out, so the stagnant water remains for days, she said. In the rainy season, the school field looks like a flood-hit area after slight or moderate rainfall, she added.
Asma said she informed Bakta Union Parishad Chairman Fazlul Haque Makhan about the matter, but no steps have been taken yet.
The chairman said he is trying to solve the problem and has talked to the school authorities.
Lubana Akhter, a Class IV student, said they cannot use the field for either playing or walking as it becomes muddy after recession of rainwater.
Mosabbir Hossain and Khadija Lipi, members of the school football teams (boys and girls), said they had to face serious problems practicing for the recently concluded school level competitions due to the bad condition of the school ground. They demanded immediate solution of the problem.
School Managing Committee President Tobarak Hossain said unplanned building of houses adjacent to the school made the condition worse.
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