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Govt. school students and teachers walk 2 km to fetch water

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Mudigere: A Government school under the Mudigere town panchayat limits in Handi village is facing extreme water shortage, wherein Teachers and students walk two kilometers to fetch water.

The issue was recently reported when the plight of the school was brought into notice, the acute shortage of water forces the school teachers and students to fetch drinking water for preparing mid-day meal and for drinking purpose; which is carried in pots and buckets from Gadde Bayalu.

Moreover toilets constructed for the benefit of school children have remained unused as there is no water supply to the toilets. The rain water harvesting system that has been developed too has remained redundant due to lack of maintenance.

The government primary school located at Krishnappa layout in Handi village, comes under the jurisdiction of Chikmagalur block education office. The school has 73 students and five teachers and wherin all the five teachers are women.

Even though the gram panchayat has provided drinking water connection to the school, there is no regular supply of water to the school.

Adding to their dilemma the school also lacks a compound wall, the school premises has become a ground for miscreants to gallivant, drink and smoke. Students who arrive to school in the morning are left with no option but to clean the surroundings. The problems prevailing in the school, has affected the classes.

But the main concern is providing drinking water and water for mid-day meal preparation. These irregularities have led the parents to even think of shifting their children to other school or even drop outs can be predicted.

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