Gadag: Over 200 students at Karnataka govt school cross highway for lack of toilets
Gadag: Lingappa Shankarappa Mailar Government High School, located in Hombal near Gadag, has over 200 students who face a daily struggle due to the lack of functional toilets on the school premises.
The co-ed school has a pink toilet, but it lacks running water, forcing students to cross the busy Nargund Road, a state highway, to reach an open field for defecation, as reported by The New Indian Express on Sunday.
When the school was established in 1990, it had two small toilets. However, over the years, the toilets fell into disrepair, with the roof sheets blown away during heavy rains and winds.
Parents are increasingly concerned about the safety of their children, especially the girls, who sometimes resort to going home or finding alternative places to attend nature’s call.
While the teaching standards and extra-curricular activities at the school are reportedly satisfactory, the lack of basic sanitation facilities remains a significant issue. Parents have been advocating for a solution, urging the local authorities to act.
The school committee, responding to parental pressure, has requested the local administration to build functioning toilets to ensure the students' well-being.
“As per the instructions of the education department, the principal has submitted a memorandum to the gram panchayat but no action has been taken,” TNIE quoted Rupeshkumar, a senior teacher, as saying.
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23-year-old woman found dead at Delhi home; suicide suspected
New Delhi (PTI): A 23-year-old woman was found dead in her house in Delhi's Prem Nagar area, with police suspecting it to be a case of suicide, an official said on Tuesday.
The deceased, identified as Anjali Singh, was found motionless in her room on Monday by her sister and her neighbour.
Police said her father, Vinod Kumar Singh (51), told them that he and his wife were away at work at the time of the incident, while their son and the other daughter were also not at home at the time of the incident.
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According to the family, the room in which Anjali was found was locked from the inside. The door was later forcibly opened by a neighbour and her sister with the help of a crowbar.
Her body was found lying on the bed inside the room, police said.
Preliminary inquiry revealed that Anjali had allegedly hanged herself using a piece of cloth tied to the ceiling fan.
It is suspected that the noose eventually might have loosened or torn off, resulting in her being found lying on the bed.
Family members informed the police that Anjali was a final-year student of a librarian science course from Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). About a week ago, her final-year examination results were declared, and she had failed, following which she had been under depression, they said.
The family has not raised any allegation of foul play, police said, adding that no suicide note or external injury marks were found on the body during the initial inspection.
Inquest proceedings have been initiated in the matter as per the law. The body has been sent for post-mortem examination to ascertain the exact cause of death, and further investigation is underway, police added.
