Kolkata: After a few patches, the Academy of Fine Arts will finally reopen on Sunday, approaching a week after the state government to allow relaxation sidewalk and three months after being closed temporarily, with HOKAS workers ‘Hokas Foka’.
Pandemic has taken the victim in the building.
Recently, viral videos showed wet chairs and broken ceilings had left a lot of shock.
“We have assured that water seepage will not occur when the game is being performed on Sunday.
We take risks,” The Director of HK Theater Workers Asoke Ghosh told TII.
The academy was run by the Board of Trustees chaired by former Police Commissioner Kolkata Predus Mukherjee.
According to him, the work of repairing old buildings took place throughout the year.
“During this rainy season, there are some damage.
Cracks have appeared on the roof of the auditorium.
A engineer and an architect have been examined.
The tender has floated and repairing the work will begin soon,” he said.
Mukherjee added that although no one wants to start repair work during the rainy season, some urgent work must begin on Saturday because the hall needs to be reopened.
“Funds have become a problem.
I have tried a lot and even written to the minister’s chairman about our problem.
From March ’20, we have no income but only expenses.
As a step-desperate step, staff salaries must be limited from June this year.
Before that, before that We have paid full salary, “he said.
Doctor-Ship-Actor Arup Bandopadhyay, whose construction companies receive work orders to fill out, say, “We only catch seepage from the ceiling.
The academy authority will put the net so the Paris pieces do not fall in the auditorium if there is a ceiling collapse Fake.
However, this is not a permanent solution, “he said.
The secretary with the Executive Committee of the Kallol Bose Academy insisted that the building was only “looks patchy on behalf of improvement”.
“It is shameful that the academy must use a net to prevent the collapse of fake ceilings.
Trustees are almost not proactive despite repeated requests for them to look for government intervention,” Bose said.
Theater personality Sima Mukhopadhyay not happy with the condition of the porch.
“Water leaks in the housing room of electrical equipment.
Patchwork will help us hold our game ‘Jonmodin Mrityudun’ on August 29 but this building requires the right improvement,” he said.