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KANNUR: Round half an hour forward of their scheduled on-line courses, round 70 college students of Panniyode tribal colony close to Kannavam take their books and begin their each day stroll to the forest close by.
The purpose is to climb atop the short-term tree homes (erumadom) their dad and mom have constructed for them within the forest as a result of that’s at present the one manner they might get web connectivity and attend their on-line courses.
The dad and mom tag alongside because the group treads the forest fearing for his or her lives, with the specter of wild animals looming massive.
“A few of us needed to cease going for work to guard our youngsters,” stated Preetha Sajeevan, 39, mom of Anjana and Thanmaya. “The trail will be harmful as a result of there isn’t any correct street resulting in the forest. We now have to seek out our personal methods to get to the place the place the treehouses are being arrange,” she stated.
Regardless of all these efforts, nevertheless, community points persist even contained in the erumadom, she identified. “However it’s nonetheless much better up there.”
Final yr, the households had taken up the problem with the tribal officer accountable for the colony. “He made preparations for a instructor to come back and conduct courses for the scholars. However this too stopped quickly and no one cared to investigate after it. This yr, no one has taken any initiative to assist our youngsters thus far,” Preetha stated. There are 170 homes within the colony, by which folks belonging to the Kurichiya tribe dwell.
“As of now, the state of affairs is manageable. However as soon as the monsoon gathers power, the state of affairs will grow to be too troublesome for us,” stated Usha P R, 42, one other girl from the colony. In addition to these in Panniyode, another colonies within the neighbourhood have additionally arrange erumadoms within the forest to facilitate a research house for his or her children. “We now have heard that folks of Poozhiyode and Chennappoyil colonies have additionally arrange tree homes,” she stated.
In the meantime, District Collector T V Subhash stated it was the administration’s quick precedence to resolve the problems confronted by college students whereas attending on-line courses. “These college students’ issues shall be addressed as an emergency case. I’ll see to it that the problem is resolved on the earliest,” he stated.
The collector stated he would make sure that the scholars have obligatory devices as nicely. “I’m trying into these points, case by case,” he stated, additional stating that the district administration would think about opening up a standard facility centre within the colony for the good thing about the folks in Panniyode.
