Strict quality watch on CSR buildings

Pune: At least five zilla parishad schools in Pune district constructed by corporates through CSR initiatives were destroyed during the recent cyclone.
The Pune ZP said the construction was of poor quality and the roofs blew away due to faulty designs. The authorities have ordered that henceforth, CSR proposals will have to undergo technical clearance before constructing schools in the district.
Authorities said the school management committee must ensure that the quality of construction offered by the CSR initiative is checked and senior engineers appointed with the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan scheme must visit the site and oversee the operations.
Chief executive officer of Pune ZP Ayush Prasad said, “Schools lost their roofs during cyclone Tauktae. The quality of construction in CSR initiatives must undergo quality checks so that such loss is avoided in future.”
Construction material like steel, sand, bricks, cement and concrete should be sampled at government laboratories and the school must send a report to the block education officer.
The school’s management, senior engineer and gram panchayat together must issue a completion certificate to the ZP and a technical sanction will be mandatory which will be issued by deputy engineer of the taluka to ensure the quality of work is under check.