Faridabad: School Violence, Healthcare Gaps, and Civic Failures

Faridabad marked a grim week as a 30-year-old teacher was killed by a stalker inside her school, renewing concerns about women's safety at workplaces. Separately, reports documented crumbling public healthcare delivery and the idle state of newly built government nursing colleges, highlighting a persistent gap between spending and service in Haryana.

Teacher Killed by Stalker Inside School

Sandhya, a 30-year-old teacher at Saraswati Senior Secondary School in Sikrona village, Faridabad, was stabbed to death on the school premises on August 4, 2026. The attacker, Amit, 21, from nearby Kot village, had been known to the victim through her village, where he had previously studied at a local private school. Despite the victim's repeated efforts to avoid contact, Amit continued to follow and approach her over an extended period. In the days before the attack, Sandhya had filed a molestation complaint against him. He had apologized publicly at that time, and no immediate arrest was made. On the morning of the attack, Amit arrived at the school before Sandhya, wearing a mask. He waited in the lobby and asked staff members about her whereabouts. When she arrived at approximately 9:30 a.m. and came out of her classroom, he dragged her and attacked her with a knife, stabbing her more than 20 times across the face, neck, and chest. NDTV reported the assault lasted approximately 30 seconds. School administrator Tejpal attempted to intervene but was driven back when the attacker threatened him with the knife. Sandhya died at the scene. Amit fled on a motorcycle bearing no number plate and was arrested within two hours. He later confessed to the crime. Police said the motive was retaliation for the harassment complaint she had filed. The case has amplified demands for stronger enforcement of anti-stalking protections and faster police response to harassment complaints filed by women. [8]

Rs 93-Crore Nursing Colleges Sit Empty After a Year

Two government nursing colleges built at a combined cost of nearly Rs 93 crore in Faridabad district have been lying vacant and non-functional for more than a year since their inauguration. The colleges are located in Dayalpur and Arua villages and were inaugurated by Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Saini approximately twelve months before the August 2026 report. Despite the substantial investment in physical infrastructure, neither college has begun academic operations. No teaching faculty has been appointed, no student admissions have been opened, and no administrative structure has been established to run the institutions. ETV Bharat characterized the situation as a textbook case of government exchequer wastage. Haryana faces a documented shortage of trained nursing professionals, making the dormant state of these purpose-built colleges a particularly pointed failure. The nursing sector is central to the state's ability to deliver basic healthcare at public hospitals and clinics, where understaffing is a recurring complaint. The disconnect between capital investment and operational follow-through reflects a systemic pattern of projects being completed — and inaugurated for political visibility — without the corresponding allocation of recurring budgets, staff, and management systems needed to make them function. Civil society groups and health advocates in Haryana have previously raised similar concerns about other public health infrastructure projects that were built but never staffed. The situation at Dayalpur and Arua adds two more facilities to that troubling record and raises accountability questions for the Haryana government. [1]

Civil Hospital Cardiac Unit Shuts Again Five Months After Relaunch

Faridabad Civil Hospital's cardiac care centre, which had been relaunched after an earlier period of shutdown, has closed again just five months after its reopening. The Times of India reported that the closure stems from an unresolved dispute over outstanding dues and the exit of the doctor managing the facility. The cardiac centre serves the hospital's substantial patient population, many of whom are lower-income residents who depend on the public hospital system for specialized care. Heart conditions require timely intervention, and any gap in in-house cardiac services at a major public hospital effectively forces patients either to delay care or travel to private facilities where costs may be prohibitive. Faridabad is among Haryana's most populous urban centres, with a large working-class population that has historically relied on public hospitals as the primary point of access to specialist medicine. The repeated cycle of launching and closing the cardiac unit suggests structural management failures rather than isolated administrative incidents. Questions about whether the dues dispute reflects a pattern of delayed payments to contracted physicians, and about why the departure of one doctor effectively shuttered the entire centre, remain unanswered. Health administrators and elected representatives have been called on to resolve the dispute and reopen the unit without further delay. A cardiac centre that opens and closes within months provides only the appearance of healthcare delivery without the substance, and the residents most harmed are those with the fewest alternatives for emergency cardiac care. [3]

NHRC Issues Notice Over Manhole Worker's Death

The National Human Rights Commission has issued a formal notice to the Haryana Chief Secretary and the Faridabad Police Commissioner in connection with the death of an individual who died in circumstances linked to the unsafe cleaning of a manhole without adequate protective equipment or safety measures. The notice, reported by Akashvani's News on AIR service, signals the NHRC's concern about potential human rights violations and requires the named officials to submit written responses accounting for the circumstances of the death and the government's actions in response. Deaths linked to manual scavenging and unprotected sewer work have continued to occur across India despite the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, which bans the practice. Enforcement of that law has been widely criticized as inadequate. When the NHRC takes up such cases it typically reviews whether adequate safety equipment was provided, whether the worker was employed in violation of the legal ban, and whether local police properly registered and investigated the death. In Faridabad, the naming of both the Chief Secretary and the Police Commissioner in the notice suggests the commission has concerns about accountability at both the administrative and law enforcement levels. Rights organizations working on sanitation worker welfare have long documented that victims of such deaths are disproportionately from marginalized communities, and that families often struggle to obtain compensation or justice without external pressure from bodies such as the NHRC. [4]

Sources: [8] Daily Pioneer · [1] ETV Bharat · [3] The Times of India · [4] News On AIR