Eight years after it was constructed to provide free education to 500 economically-backward children from the area, a nameless six-storey government school near Pali Naka in Bandra (W) is yet to see a single student - despite the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) handing over the Occupation Certificate (OC) for the building to the developer in 2005. No one quite knows the reason why the school never opened its doors to children.

The entrance to the school is full of garbage and serves as a parking lot for bicycles