Reclamation work!

April 17, 2013
Another old well on the Martiniere grounds was exposed to the world after the trees and bushes around it were removed in recent months. The school authorities remained completely oblivious to large swaths of property and concentrated on only what was in use and the running of the institution. The land on the village side, seen in the pictures, was also a part of the golf course in the 1960's and for a few years later. Once I left school, end of 1969, I must have visited a few times during the next two and a half decades. The embankment, better known as the bund, came up perhaps towards the ending of the '70's. This came as a shock to me! But I've got to admit I didn't notice the changes taking place on the village side of the road. The whole area had become an open-air toilet.
 Temples, in other words religion, has been long a weapon used for self-gain. Temples along roads in most parts of Lucknow are there to protect illegal constructions - usually businesses - shops etc. The temple in the top picture was planned for the same purpose but the school authorities constructed the boundary wall despite the place of worship being used to prevent it. Those behind  these temples often say that the temple has always been there, or, its thirty years old. The one in the pic supposed to be 30 years old!