Overview
- Students at the Government Seth Anandilal Poddar School for the Deaf staged a silent sit-in on Wednesday to demand fixes for unhygienic toilets, water shortages, a dilapidated building, poor hostel food and more sign-language teachers.
- Education Department and police teams inspected the campus, communicated with pupils using sign language and written notes, and persuaded students to call off the protest after receiving assurances.
- The department relieved principal Bharat Joshi of his duties and placed the vice-principal in additional charge while ordering a formal inquiry into alleged mismanagement and other complaints.
- A special committee has been formed to assess sanitation, drinking water, building condition and staffing gaps and to recommend repairs and administrative action based on its findings.
- Senior opposition leaders visited the school and backed the students, raising the issue for legislative attention and increasing pressure on officials to act on the committee's report and any inquiry outcomes.