NOIDA: Parents of the two students who died in the wall collapse accused the school management of negligence and demanded stringent punishment for them. The parents and local villagers threatened to block the road near Sector 49 police station if the culprits were not brought to book at the earliest.The district administration has announced a compensation of Rs 4 lakh each for the families of the two students who died. The parents said they had always been told by the management that the school is affiliated to the government. They said the authorities should not have made the students write the test in the open when they knew that a construction was underway at an adjacent plot.Dinesh Kumar, father of Vivek, who died in the accident, sought exemplary punishment for the school authorities. “I wanted Vivek to become a doctor and he had promised to fulfil my dreams. It is for the school management that my dreams have been shattered. Why did the teacher decide to conduct the test in the open when construction was going on at an adjacent plot? He should be punished by the administration,” said Dinesh, who works as a tailor in Sector 67.Dinesh said the administration should immediately arrest the teacher. “Police should take strict action against them. Else, my family and other villagers will block the road near Sector 49 police station and sit on a hunger strike ,” Dinesh added.“New Year is usually a special day for the family. Not because it is the first day of a year, but because it is Vivek’s birthday,” Dinesh said.

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