KESHABPUR, Jashore — Monoharnagar Secondary School in Keshabpur upazila has been waterlogged for months, leaving a makeshift bamboo bridge as the only access for 190 students and staff.
Bagdanga Monoharnagar, a neglected village at the eastern edge of Panjia union in Keshabpur upazila, is about 9 km from the upazila headquarters. The village has long been overlooked for development. The school was established at the village’s edge in 1974.
A visit to Monoharnagar Secondary School showed the playground submerged. The school’s 190 students, along with teachers and staff, must cross a bamboo bridge to enter the building.
Student Tanbi Sarkar said: “Our school is flooded. We have a lot of trouble getting in.”
Mokbul Hossen Mukul, a former chairman of the Panjia union council, said students have great difficulty reaching the school because it has been flooded for so long. For their convenience, a bamboo bridge was built from the school entrance to the building. He said the problem would be solved soon.
Headmaster Amiya Chakraborty said students are having serious trouble attending because the school has been flooded for so long. As a temporary measure, a bamboo bridge has been built for them.
School Managing Committee president Goutam Roy said the school stays waterlogged six to seven months a year. A bamboo bridge has been made for students. To end the waterlogging, the playground needs to be filled in.
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