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  "type": "article",
  "title": "New multi-crore building sits unused as Faridabad ITI students study under a leaking, crumbling roof",
  "summary": "Even after the recent PG accident in Delhi exposed administrative negligence, Faridabad's ITI students are still forced to study in a crumbling 40-year-old building while a new structure built at a cost of nearly Rs 9 crore stands unused.",
  "content": "A newly built structure worth nearly Rs 9 crore stands ready inside the campus of the Industrial Training Institute in Faridabad, yet students continue to attend classes in a decades-old block where plaster peels off the ceiling and rainwater seeps through cracks in the roof. The situation has come into focus after a recent accident at a PG in Delhi reignited questions about why authorities and departments tend to act only once a tragedy has already occurred, rather than fixing hazards before they turn dangerous.\n\nA Building Falling Apart\nThe old ITI building where students currently sit for classes is believed to be around 40 years old. Jagat Singh, who has worked as the institute's watchman since 2014, said the condition of the old structure deteriorates sharply once the monsoon arrives, with water dripping through the ceilings of several rooms and even flooding into the office at times, leaving both students and staff struggling to cope. According to him, the new building was actually completed roughly five to six months ago, but pending work, including electricity connections, has kept it from being opened for use. As a result, students are currently being seated only in those rooms of the old block that remain in relatively usable condition, while the rest of the structure is simply too risky to occupy.\n\nNine Crore Rupees Later, Still No Handover\nConstruction of the new ITI building was taken up by the Public Works Department back in 2019, with an initial budget of around Rs 7 crore earmarked for the project. Work came to a complete halt during the COVID-19 pandemic and could only resume once restrictions eased, and by then rising construction costs had pushed the overall budget higher than originally planned. Close to Rs 9 crore has been spent on the project so far, a sum large enough to have delivered a fully functional building years ago. Yet even after this level of spending, the completed structure has still not been formally handed over to the ITI administration, leaving it standing empty while students make do with the old, damaged block next door.\n\nInspection Exposes Multiple Lapses\nMatters took a more serious turn on May 19, when Dr Sumit Saharawat, Additional Director of the Skill Development and Industrial Training Department, carried out an inspection of the new building. The inspection turned up a long list of shortcomings: work in the lift lobby, the workshop, the toilets, the staircases and even the courtyard was found not to match the design that had originally been approved. The most serious gap uncovered was in the water and sewer connections, without which the building cannot realistically be occupied, while the electrical work was also found to be incomplete. Taken together, the findings suggested that despite years of construction and crores of rupees in spending, several basic requirements had simply been left unfinished.\n\nMonsoon Adds to Students' Woes\nFor the students still attending classes in the old building, the monsoon season has only made an already difficult situation worse. Some sections of the structure have already been shut down entirely because they had deteriorated to the point of being unsafe to use. With a new academic session about to begin and admissions already underway, the ITI administration is worried that any further delay in handing over the new building could make it even harder to run classes smoothly, potentially forcing more students into fewer usable rooms just as enrolment increases.\n\nOfficials Promise Connections Within a Week\nResponding to the concerns, Prakash Lal, Executive Engineer of the Public Works Department, said a target of one week has been set for completing the water and sewer connections in the new building. He added that the other shortcomings flagged during the inspection are also being addressed, and that the building is expected to be handed over to the ITI administration soon once the outstanding work is finished.\n\nQuestions Remain as New Session Nears\nBhagat Singh, the institute's Principal-cum-Nodal Officer, said the admission process is currently in its final stage and the new academic session is set to begin shortly, which makes a prompt handover of the new building essential. Even so, the larger question hangs over the entire episode: if crores of rupees have already been spent to construct the building, why were the essential water, sewer and electricity connections, along with the rest of the pending work, not completed well before now. Until that gap is closed, it remains unclear exactly when students will finally be moved out of the crumbling old structure and into the new one, and whether that shift will happen on its own or only after an accident like the one seen in Delhi forces the issue.\n\nWhat this means for you\nThe story is a reminder that a completed building on paper does not mean a safe one in practice, and parents and students dealing with any institution mid-construction should ask about formal handover status, not just completion photos.\n\n• Across India: Government-funded infrastructure projects, from schools to hostels, often list a construction cost but not a functional handover date. Readers and parent bodies elsewhere can use RTI requests to ask any local institution whether a \"completed\" building has actually received its water, sewer and electricity clearances before assuming it is safe to occupy.\n• In Faridabad, Haryana: With the new academic session and admissions in their final stage, ITI students and their families should expect to keep attending classes in the old, damaged block for at least the near term, since officials have set only a one-week target just for the water and sewer connection, with other pending work still unresolved.\n• For parents and staff: Anyone in the old building during heavy rain should treat rooms with visible ceiling leaks or plaster damage as off-limits, since some sections have already been closed for safety, and should push the ITI administration and PWD for a written timeline rather than a verbal assurance.\n• Budget accountability: Nearly Rs 9 crore of public money has been spent so far, up from an initial Rs 7 crore estimate, showing how delays during construction can inflate costs; readers can watch for similar cost escalation patterns in other public projects when timelines slip.\n\nWhy this happened\nThe delay traces back to a mix of pandemic disruption and construction work that was left incomplete even after the structure was technically finished. Here is what specifically caused the current situation.\n\n• Pandemic halt: Construction that began in 2019 came to a stop during the COVID-19 pandemic, and work could only resume once restrictions were lifted, eating into the original timeline.\n• Rising costs: The gap caused by the pandemic, combined with general cost increases, pushed spending from an initial estimate of around Rs 7 crore to close to Rs 9 crore.\n• Unfinished essential work: Even after the structure itself was built, water, sewer and electricity connections, which are essential for occupying any building, were not completed on schedule.\n• Inspection findings: A formal inspection on May 19 by Dr Sumit Saharawat found several areas including the lift lobby, workshop, toilets, staircases and courtyard did not match the approved design, which is holding up the final handover.\n\nQuestions & Answers\n\n1. How much has been spent on Faridabad ITI's new building?\nClose to Rs 9 crore has been spent so far, up from an initial budget of around Rs 7 crore.\n\n2. Why hasn't the new building been handed over to the ITI administration yet?\nAn inspection found several deficiencies, including incomplete water, sewer and electricity connections, which have held up the handover.\n\n3. How old is the old building?\nThe old building is believed to be around 40 years old.\n\n4. Who inspected the new building and when?\nDr Sumit Saharawat, Additional Director of the Skill Development and Industrial Training Department, inspected the new building on May 19.\n\n5. When are the water and sewer connections expected to be completed?\nPrakash Lal, Executive Engineer of the Public Works Department, said a one-week target has been set for this.\n\n6. When was the new building actually completed?\nAccording to watchman Jagat Singh, the new building was completed roughly five to six months ago.",
  "url": "https://trendkia.com/en/haryana/faridabad-men-karoron-ki-nai-imarata-khari-phira-bhi-chhatra-tapakati-chhata-ke-niche-parhane-ko-majabura-29429",
  "category": "Haryana",
  "publishedAt": "2026-09-08",
  "tags": [
    "Faridabad ITI",
    "dilapidated building",
    "Public Works Department",
    "student safety",
    "Haryana",
    "building handover"
  ],
  "language": "en",
  "site": "TrendKia"
}