School that survived militancy buckled under deluge

It survived the turbulent years of militancy, but today DAV school has turned into an abandoned “ghost house” as the school management and the state government have failed to restore the institution after September floods. Established in 1969 at Jawahar Nagar here, DAV school served as one of the prestigious learning institutions of the Valley till it was hit by the floods. “We were given discharge certificate and told to find a new school. There were already fewer students… the school administration played with our future,” said one of the…

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