School, colleges rained off

Mou Chakraborty
Kolkata, July 3, 2007
It was a classic rainy day holiday with many schools and colleges closed for the day. Admissions and examination also were cancelled.
Due to water logging at B.T. Road, Rabindrabharati University was forced to cancel its MA Part II exam. New dates will be announced on July 5 for all eleven subjects.
At Lady Brabourne College a group of students from Malda and Nepal had come for admission. The college had scheduled Tuesday as the only day for admission in all nine science subjects. The students had walked through knee-deep water at Suhrawardy Avenue and came to the college only to be disappointed.
“It is virtually impossible to enter the college. Hence we rescheduled the admission date to July 6. Though some students from far away places did manage to come, but they were an exception,” said Sanghamitra Mukherjee, principal.
Bethune College too rescheduled the admissions for its science subjects to July 6. Hedua was completely water logged and Scottish Church Collegiate School and college declared a holiday. College employees who entered the premises found the science laboratory under one foot water. M.Sc Part I chemistry and botany exams of the college were cancelled and fresh dates will be announced later.
“The Kolkata Municipal Corporation and the mayor should do something about water logging. I cannot imagine what will happen if it rains like Mumbai and Gujarat, the city will probably be washed away,” said J. Abraham, principal of Scottish Church College.
Water at College Street was waist deep and Presidency College cancelled its admission and counselling in physics, chemistry, maths, geology and geography. It has been rescheduled to July 6. The MA French exam at Calcutta University has been cancelled and a new date will be declared shortly.
With College Street turning to Venice, Hindu School and Sanskrit Collegiate School declared a holiday. Nearby Hare School also followed suit after most students and teachers failed to turn up. Birla High School, South Point High School, Julian Day School and Vivekanada Mission School were also closed.
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