The land dispute looks set to come to an end with the ground breaking ceremony taking place yesterday.
PETALING JAYA: The Effingham Tamil School land controversy finally looks set to be resolved following a ground breaking ceremony to build the school’s community hall.
MIC secretary-general S Murugessan officiated the ground breaking ceremony at school field yesterday.
Speaking to reporters, Murugessan said that the ground breaking ceremony showed that MIC fulfills its words.
The school is located in Bandar Utama, Damansara.
Accusations of a land grab first surfaced in 2008 after former students and residents claimed that the developer of Bandar Utama had allocated six acres of land for the school in 1999.
MIC, however, countered this claim, saying that there was an error in the description of the proprietor in the land title and that the party was the rightful owner of the three acres.
Following the allegation and pressure from Pakatan Rakyat leaders, MIC president G Palanivel had promised to build a sport field and hostel in the remaining three acres land.
“So far, MIC has already allocated RM1 million to the school. And I believe the MIC president would grant another RM600,000 to bear the full cost of the two-storey community hall,” Murugesan said.
He added that the remaining three acres would be used to build a sport field and a hostel.
Meanwhile, Return Effingham Land Action Team (REflaX) chief G Manivannan questioned the decision to build the hall on the school field.
“Why use the school field? Why not build the hall on the other three-acres? Where will the students go for their co-curriculum activities?” he asked.
Manivannan said REflaX was disappointed that the school’s board of governors had bowed to MIC leaders.
“It seems like the school administration gives more importance to MIC’s political mileage than the students’ welfare,” he added.
He said REflaX would hold a peaceful gathering to show the parents and old students’ discontent on this matter.
PETALING JAYA: The Effingham Tamil School land controversy finally looks set to be resolved following a ground breaking ceremony to build the school’s community hall.MIC secretary-general S Murugessan officiated the ground breaking ceremony at school field yesterday.
Speaking to reporters, Murugessan said that the ground breaking ceremony showed that MIC fulfills its words.
The school is located in Bandar Utama, Damansara.
Accusations of a land grab first surfaced in 2008 after former students and residents claimed that the developer of Bandar Utama had allocated six acres of land for the school in 1999.
MIC, however, countered this claim, saying that there was an error in the description of the proprietor in the land title and that the party was the rightful owner of the three acres.
Following the allegation and pressure from Pakatan Rakyat leaders, MIC president G Palanivel had promised to build a sport field and hostel in the remaining three acres land.
“So far, MIC has already allocated RM1 million to the school. And I believe the MIC president would grant another RM600,000 to bear the full cost of the two-storey community hall,” Murugesan said.
He added that the remaining three acres would be used to build a sport field and a hostel.
Meanwhile, Return Effingham Land Action Team (REflaX) chief G Manivannan questioned the decision to build the hall on the school field.
“Why use the school field? Why not build the hall on the other three-acres? Where will the students go for their co-curriculum activities?” he asked.
Manivannan said REflaX was disappointed that the school’s board of governors had bowed to MIC leaders.
“It seems like the school administration gives more importance to MIC’s political mileage than the students’ welfare,” he added.
He said REflaX would hold a peaceful gathering to show the parents and old students’ discontent on this matter.
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