Pandit Ramlingam Pantulu, who was
chairman of Berhampur Municipality in British era, was also involved in the
development of City High School which was established in 1930. A statue of his
was also established on the school campus which was garlanded by his
descendants of new generation. His grandchildren and great grandchildren have
come forward to build Pandit Ramlingam block on the premises of City High
School. Several of them were former students of this school. Now members of
this extended family are also scattered in different parts of the country and
abroad. But all of them extended their hands of support to take up this project
for development of their old school. The main donors for the project were Janaki
Sastry, who lives in UK, and P.Santa Kumari of Visakhapatnam. During the
inauguration ceremony Ms Santa Kumari announced two awards for meritorious
students of the school in memory of her grandfather. Several dignitaries of the
city attached to this school attended the inaugural function of this new block
which has three class rooms. According to head master of the school, Subash
Chandra Pradhan, new class rooms were an extreme need of the historic
institution.
Source: The Hindu
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