In MP village, kids risk lives every day, hop over dam pillars to reach school
Children in a Madhya Pradesh village are forced to cross a dangerous check dam by hopping over concrete pillars to reach their school, as the alternative route is significantly longer. Local authorities have been notified of the safety risks, but the infrastructure gap remains a critical issue for student access to education.
Why it matters
This highlights severe rural infrastructure deficits and the daily risks children face in underdeveloped regions to access basic human rights like education.
BHOPAL: Children from Kakraua village in MP's Vidisha district are forced to risk their lives every day by negotiating a precarious line of concrete pillars across a check dam on the Betwa river to reach their school - a route they take to avoid a much longer commute.A video of the children hopping perilously across the wide gaps in the check dam has gone viral on social media, raising fresh concerns about local infrastructure and student safety.Kakraua has a school only up to eighth grade.The nearest facility offering education up to 10th grade lies 13km away by road.
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