107 girls walk 25 km at night in protest

Baripada (Odisha), January 27

In an unusual form of protest, more than 100 students of a state-run tribal girls high school walked more than 25 km at night in the cold to Mayurbhanj District Collector’s office demanding action against their hostel authorities for alleged ill-treatment.

Around 7 pm yesterday, 107 students of Pakatia government girls’ high school in Mayurbhanj district of Odisha run by the SC/ST department, came out of the school campus alleging continuous harassment and ill-treatment in the hostel by authorities.

Unable to stop the angry girls, the police escorted them on the 25-km walk to the District Collector’s office here.

At the District Collectorate, they staged a dharna on the road at midnight demanding action against the matron, accusing her of ill-treatment. — PTI