Vardhan inaugurates new municipal school in north Delhi

Union Minister Harsh Vardhan today inaugurated a new municipal primary school building, equipped with rain water-harvesting facility, in Shastri Nagar area in north Delhi.
Built at a cost of nearly Rs 3.7 crore, the school building has been developed in an area of 2,198 sqm.
"It has rain water-harvesting facility and it also has a tank of 20,000 litre water capacity to fight any situation of fire," Chairman, Law and General Purposes Committee of NDMC, Neelam Dhiman said.
The two-storey structure has 12 class rooms, one computer room, two store rooms, two office rooms, one library and a sports and a science laboratory and a multi-purpose hall.

The building constructed by the North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) has toilet blocks for men and women at each of the two floors.
Speaking on the occasion, the Union Minister of Science and Technology said, "to be a good citizen, students should not only have bookish knowledge but also have moral and civic education, for this teachers have to work hard.