Garbage trucks, waste dumped near government school in Bengaluru leave students battling foul smell, rats
Students and staff at government schools in JC Nagar, Bengaluru, are facing severe health risks due to garbage dumping and leaking leachate from parked waste trucks. Despite complaints, the unhygienic conditions persist, forcing schools to keep windows closed to block the foul odor.
Why it matters
The situation highlights critical urban infrastructure and public health failures affecting the education environment for underprivileged students.
Hundreds of students and teachers at a government school and a pre-university college in JC Nagar, near the Parachute Regiment Training Centre (PRTC), are forced to endure foul smells and unhygienic conditions due to garbage dumped near the school compound and leachate leaking from garbage trucks parked there year-round.
A half-kilometre stretch of footpath covered with heaps of garbage bags and used mattresses is not only an eyesore, but also makes it difficult for pedestrians and schoolchildren.
The complex houses three government schools — Government Urdu Medium Higher Primary School, Kannada Medium Higher Primary School and High School, and Tamil Medium Higher Primary School — and a pre-university college.
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