Tribal students to launch 180-km march to Mumbai on September 28 over poor residential school facilities

Hundreds of tribal students in Maharashtra will embark on a nearly 180-km march from Nashik to Mumbai on Monday (September 28, 2026), pressing the government to address their demands for better facilities, safety and accountability in government-run residential schools.

Spearheaded by the Sakal Adivasi Vidyarthi Andolan Kruti Samiti, the long march comes 40 days after a sit-in at Nashik’s Idgah Maidan. The protest continues, with a small slate declaring the day of the protest hanging from the ceiling of a temporary pandal. Posters of Birsa Munda, Bhagat Singh and Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar surround the protesters as they take turns to sit on strike.