“We have received letters from the Book and Publishers Guild. They have asked us to reschedule the timings of our school, which is practically impossible,” said Malini Bhagat, principal of Mahadevi Birla Girls High School.

“We have requested them to change the timings of the schools and colleges to avoid the rush and traffic jam,” said Tridib Chatterjee, secretary of Guild.

The rescheduling of the school timings have been requested keeping in mind the peak timings of the fair, he added. “It is not possible for us to change the school hours as per the Guild’s schedule. But it seems that all our pleas have fallen on deaf ears,” added Bhagat.

Principal of Lady Brabourne College Sanghamitra Mukherjee appealed to the Chief Secretary of higher education department Ashok Mohon Chakraborty to look into the matter.