Students in this Maharashtra village swim to reach school

Owing to the lack of a bridge on the Daman River students have to swim or be carried on the shoulders of adults to reach their school Sukla Vidyalaya in Devalcha Pada village in NashikThere are around 1520 children who have to cross the river to go to school The river is deep so we carry them either on our shoulders or in big containers We request the administration to build a bridge said a local residentWATCH Maharashtra In absence of a bridge group of children in Peth taluka Nashik cross river every day to reach schoolRiver is deep but children have to go to school so we carry them either on shoulders or in big utensils We request admn to build a bridge says a local pictwittercomrNmdPKD3lxmdash ANI ANI August 4 2022A local resident of the village Laxman said The children of the village in Peth taluka have to swim daily even in the rain and cross the river to go to school every day by risking their lives People send their children to school to get an education at the cost of their livesMany parents make their children cross the river every day by sitting on their shoulders and others do not send them to school fearing something untoward The biggest problem occurs during the rainy days when the backwater of the Suki River is released into the river and then the river gets flooded At such a time children are not able to go to school for many months due to which their studies are affectedA local said It has been many years since we are living like this There are no roads no bridge which makes it very difficult for children to go to schoolThe people of the village said that in every election peoples representatives come to the village and the people demand a bridge over the river From MPs and MLAs to Zilla Parishads and Panchayat Samiti members to local public representatives the people of the village have been pleading for the bridge for years but the government never pays attention to it Peoples representatives forget the problems of the village after the election tours are overThe people of the village still have high hopes that a bridge will be built on this river The way the state government wants to provide education to every child it must also take some steps in this direction The people here are demanding that a bridge should be built on the river soon so that children can go to school daily without risking their livesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever