Construction of stage for protesting teachers at new site begins following Calcutta HC directive

Bamboo structure built for protesting teachers near Salt Lake Central Park as per Calcutta High Court order.

Construction of a stage for protesting teachers at a new site began on Sunday (May 25, 2025) following a Calcutta High Court directive which asked the teachers and other staff of West Bengal government-run and -aided schools, who lost their jobs due to a Supreme Court ruling, to shift their protest venue in the interest of public convenience.

A bamboo structure was being constructed by the State administration near Salt Lake Central Park.

The makeshift dharna mancha is expected to be completed by 2.30 to 3 pm, a worker said.

Following the court's order, the protesters, who had been occupying the road outside Bikash Bhavan, moved to the adjacent footpath near Central Park to allow traffic movement.

The leaders of the Deserving Teachers Rights Forum said they would shift to the designated site only after inspecting it and ensuring that basic amenities such as water and toilets are in place.

On Friday, the Calcutta High Court directed the agitating teachers to move their indefinite sit-in demonstration to Central Park, around 200 metres from their earlier location, to ease disruption to daily commuters and office-goers.

Hearing petitions filed by the Deserving Teachers Rights Forum, under whose banner the protest is being organised, and the State government, Justice Tirthankar Ghosh ordered the protesters to move to Central Park in Salt Lake, located opposite Bikash Bhavan, the state's education department headquarters.