Owners unlock residential school buildings after government pays rent

NALGONDA : The owners of several welfare residential school buildings across the state on Tuesday locked the premises in protest against non-payment of rent by the government. However, they removed the locks and allowed the students inside after an assurance from BC Welfare Minister Ponnam Prabhakar and the authorities that the rent would be cleared soon.

The government reportedly cleared two-three months rent arrears for the buildings by evening and promised to pay the balance amount shortly.

Telangana State Residential School Rented Buildings Owners’ Association president M Devendar Reddy told TNIE that the government at the time of signing the agreements with them had promised to increase the rent by 20 percent every two years but it was not being implemented.