Govt to assist kids rowing to school; Bombay HC remembers

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Aurangabad bench has taken suo motu cognisance of the TOI report and converted it into a PIL to be heard on September 4.In a double-booster,
officials from the stateeducation department have reached out to the villagers to work out a solution
The residents described it as the first such initiative ever.The village is divided in two halves by the backwaters of the dam, and the
children often have to fend off snakes while rowing to school.Lawyer Pushkar Shendurnikar, appointed by the HC as amicus curiae (friend of
Khobragade expressed serious concern about the plight of the students residing in Bhiw Dhanora village and the daily ordeal faced by them
while confirming the September 4 hearing.Visiting Bhiw Dhanora, the education officials offered to start a primary school near the
understand their situation first hand
Other arrangements were also discussed, such as online education during the monsoon season and deputing a teacher for conducting exams,
Chavan said.Farmer Vishnu Kale said, however, that the officials realised it was almost impossible for a vehicle to ply twice daily to their
village, which does not have a commutable road