Overview
- Department of Education data show 107 of 703 DJB-linked schools face water issues, with 59 reporting intermittent supply and 48 reporting erratic or no supply.
- Twenty-two schools are fully tanker-dependent, 10 report no water at all, and 64 rely on borewells or submersibles that require quality testing.
- Only four of the 22 tanker-reliant schools and two of the 10 no-water schools have applied for permanent DJB connections, with six pending applications ordered to be fast-tracked.
- On electricity, 17 of 793 connected schools report frequent outages and six have no power, largely due to reconstruction or shared premises.
- Officials have been told to verify records, secure dedicated DJB tanker supply, coordinate with BRPL, BYPL and TPDDL, provide separate meters where needed, explore solar backups, and file school-wise compliance within 15 days as the High Court seeks a response by September 17 on tin-shed classrooms.