Adivasi parents raise a stink about smelly waterless school toilets
Hindustan TimesMumbai: Parents from 27 adivasi padas in Aarey Colony, Goregaon East, have decided not to send their kids back to school after the Diwali break ends next week. Adivasi parents raise a stink about smelly waterless school toilets The school has fallen foul of parents owing to the non-maintenance of its toilets, washrooms and sewer lines. “Moreover, the entire complex is suffused with the foul smell emanating from the damaged sewer line.” Mahendra Yadav, parent of a girl studying in Class 6, said that personal hygiene was important for the children but the school management was not serious about resolving the problem. “This is the reason why the parents of girl students in particular have decided not to send them back to school after the Diwali vacation,” he said. “But despite this expense, the school’s infrastructure is even worse than it was earlier,” said Anandray Mogha, a social worker in the Aarey area who moved his three children out of the BMC school to another one outside Aarey Colony.
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