Army Public School in Srinagar reopens after floods

Army Public School here which was severely damaged in the recent floods in Kashmir, was today thrown open after extensive repairs and renovations.
"As a mark of restoration of educational institutions in Kashmir post floods, Chinar Corps of Army reopened the Army Public School at Badami Bagh Cantonment," a defence spokesman said.
The reopening ceremony was attended by Governor N N Vohra, the spokesman said.
While the senior classes started on September 18 in a temporary accomodation, the primary section began on September 24.
"Army went about the restoration of the school infrastructure in a very methodical manner following a process of dewatering, cleaning, drying the walls, maintenance of the buildings and restoration of services such as electricity, water supply, sewerage, and so on," the spokesman said.

He said major financial assistance was made by Northern Command Headquarters wherein Rs 1.58 Lakhs worth of free books and notebooks were provisioned.
"On the front of restoration of academic facilities, Army Welfare Education Society provided over 40 lakhs worth of support to revive the physics, Chemistry and IT laboratories as also for procurement of furniture lost due to floods," he added.
Addressing the gathering, the Governor said "calamities take place, but the important part is the speed and the ability with which we try to restore normalcy".