By IndiaTomorrow.net,
Aligarh, 28 Sep 2014: Aligarh Muslim University has announced to open a school in Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh for the children of riot victims of 2013. In September last year, a bloody communal riot had hit the district and neighbouring areas leaving over 50 dead and more than 50 thousand homeless.
The university made the annoucnemnet to opne the school in a clarification about the status of over Rs 50 lakh collected from within the AMU community for the relief of the riot victims of Muzaffarnagar.
“…an amount of Rs. 51 Lakh contributed by AMU for riot victims of Muzaffarnagar is still with the University. It will be used for constructing Sir Syed Public School in Muzaffarnagar for riot victims,” said Dr. Rahat Abrar, Public Relations Officer, AMU.
He, however, refuted the allegation of RTI activist Shahzad Alam Burni, who was expelled from the University on disciplinary grounds last year, that an amount of Rs. 65 Lakh was spent on distribution of blankets and medicine. “The University has neither distributed blankets nor medicines,” Dr. Abrar said.
Giving details about the project, Dr. Abrar said the proposed school is to be set up in Jawala village, Kandhla Road, Muzaffarnagar and formalities related to donation of land are yet to be finalized.
“As soon as the land donation process is complete, the foundation laying ceremony will be held,” informed.
