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स्कूल चलें हम...

Every single school day begins with a dangerous obstacle for children in Madhya Pradesh's Vidisha district. To reach their school, they are forced to jump across the narrow concrete pillars of a stop dam on the Betwa River, risking a fatal fall into the water below.

According to the students and local residents, this has been their daily reality for the last 7–8 years. Despite repeated complaints and appeals to the authorities, no safe bridge or alternative route has been provided, leaving hundreds of children with no choice but to put their lives on the line in pursuit of education.

Ironically, this is Vidisha the home district of former Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan located barely 60 km from Bhopal, the state capital. Yet, even after years of neglect, a basic and safe passage for schoolchildren remains out of reach.

Education should challenge young minds, not their survival. No child should have to risk their life simply to attend school.

In 1997, this man was the ABVP National Secretary and was just about to join the Bharatiya Janata Party. There was a paper leak in Odisha and there was a major protest. This man participated in them. He was beaten by the police.

"We staged a protest against the Odisha government, in front of the secretariat. Around 1,500 students joined us there. While the protest was peaceful, the police charged against the activists. He was badly beaten up at that time. He had a few fractures too."

Who is he? Mr Dharmendra Pradhan. Imagine that Dharmendra Pradhan was protesting against paper leaks in 1997 and was beaten!

There is an amazing Indian Express article about him. Linked below. The irony? One of the interviewees says:

"under Pradhan's regime, the students will have more scope for dissent. "It is natural for students to be anti-establishment."

https://www.edexlive.com/news/how-education-minister-dharmendra-pradhan-was-attacked-as-an-abvp-student-activist-22556.html