HARIPUR, Dec 26: The high-ups of the education department seem to be least bothered about the poor conditions of Post-graduate College for Boys, Haripur, which has been in a shambles for long.

The classrooms are short of furniture, their walls are crumbling and cracks have occurred in the roofs. There is no boundary wall on northern and western sides of the college though the institution is reported to have been provided with funds to the tune of millions of rupees.

The lone post-graduate college of the district, which has a population of over 700,000, was established in 1959 on 160 canals. As many as 1,600 students can be seated in the college.

During a recent visit to the college, this correspondent learnt that cracks had occurred in the walls of almost all the classrooms and corridors in the 1995 earthquake.

The administration estimated that repair work would cost Rs1.27 million, but the people at the helm of affairs remained indifferent when the matter was brought to their notice.

An official, who requested not to be named, told Dawn that the provincial headquarters had released only Rs40,000 since 1996 to repair the college building. He asked how the repair work could be carried out in such a meagre amount.

The hostel rooms of the college are also in a bad condition and stand in need of urgent repair.

A source told this correspondent that although the college reportedly had over three million rupees in its account as private fund, besides an annual income close to one million rupees, the college administration had never bothered to spend the funds for the maintenance of the building due to reasons best known to it.