the infrastructure is poor, and it has been like this for many years now.”

The school has more than 1,000 students in Hindi medium and around 350 students in Marathi medium section. According to the parents, the school even have a virtual classroom for the students and computer room.

In March this year, the corporator of the area had informed the civic body about the school’s infrastructure.

Rajpati Yadav, a Congress corporator from Kandivali (West), said he had sent a letter to the BMC which was later transferred to the civic body’s School Infrastructure Cell (SIC), which looks into the engineering and repair work of the BMC-run schools.

“When the matter was forwarded to the SIC they initially said that all the repair work would be completed by Diwali as the childrenthe only system capable of engaging ballistic missiles at both endo and exo-atmospheric altitudes.

Under contract for production of five THAAD batteries for army, Lockheed has so far handed over two batteries, while deliveries of the third and fourth batteries are underway, with final completion anticipated in December 2013.

Production of THAAD interceptors and launchers and fire control units will be carried out at the company's facilities in Alabama and Arkansas, US, with deliveries set to begin in 2015 and complete in 2019.

Image: A terminal high altitude area defence interceptor missile being launched. Photo: courtesy of National Missile Defense.