SANGRUR: The men and women who lay the bricks of public buildings are almost always forgotten – the official plaque at the entrance records the names of only those politicians who either lay the foundation stone or inaugurate the building.But the foundation stone of a government school at Sherpur village in Punjab's Sangrur district names the 21 masons, carpenters, labourers, plumbers, electrician and painter, who jointly constructed the building along with AAP MP Bhagwant Mann, who donated the funds. The building was inaugurated on Friday not by the politician who provided the grant but by two class XII girl students Jaspreet Kaur and Sarabjeet Kaur, who are bother toppers.Mason Sukhwinder Singh, 34, a resident of Sherpur village and who had done flooring of the new block, said he had never seen such an honour. "I am in this profession for the past over 15 years but what I have seen today occurred for the first time,” he said. "Have you ever seen workers being congratulated for constructing buildings? When the villagers saw my name on the plaque, I was congratulated. It was a great honour for me and other workers who contributed to the construction. This new practice should be followed at other places too."Mann, who provided Rs 20 lakh for the building from his Member of Parliament Local Area Development (MPLAD) fund, said, "I persuaded the school management not to highlight my name on the plaque. It's not me but these workers who have constructed the school."One block of the school with six rooms was demolished after it was declared unsafe around a year ago which has now been rebuilt. While Mann's name is written at the bottom after the names of the workers, the inscription gives full credit to workers. It reads, "With Rs 20 lakh provided under MPLAD funds, construction of building of Government Senior Secondary School was accomplished by workers (names of all 21 mentioned on top) from February 23, 2015 to July 10, 2015."Electrician Amarjit Singh, 45, a resident of Sherpur, said, "During the past 30 years I worked for a number of government buildings but I always saw the plaques bearing leaders' names. This plaque with names of the workers is the beginning of a new culture".Mann also requested the school authorities to have the building inaugurated by the students themselves. The teachers chose the two toppers. "We could have done it without installing a plaque. But according to MPLAD norms, its installation was required to get the utilization certificate," Mann added.