Overview
- Students at the Government Seth Anandilal Poddar School for the Deaf staged a silent sit‑in over poor toilets, water shortages, a crumbling building and a lack of trained sign‑language teachers, protesting on Wednesday.
- Education Department teams inspected the campus and found deficiencies in sanitation, drinking water, building maintenance and administrative arrangements.
- Principal Bharat Joshi was immediately relieved of on‑site duties, later suspended with disciplinary proceedings under service rules, and the vice‑principal was given charge as acting head.
- The department has formed a special inquiry committee to assess facilities, probe allegations including claims of extortion and harassment, and submit a report that will guide repairs and staffing fixes.
- Senior opposition figures visited the school and pressed for fast action, putting political pressure on the state while concrete timelines and budgets for remediation remain pending.