The toilets meant for students at the Zilla Parishad Primary School in Lonvadi village of Maharashtra are in dilapidated conditions and need urgent repairs
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Cracked tiles, wall paint chipping off, showing its withering state over the years, and no light bulbs. Such is the dilapidated state of the toilets inside the Zilla Parishad Primary school in Lonvadi village of Yavatmal district in Maharashtra. Located in the remote village of Pusad Taluka, the school has been struggling to gather funds to repair its toilets for over a decade now.
“We have tried multiple ways to collect funds but haven’t received enough to complete the task,” says Suresh Ingale, an assistant teacher at the school.
The teacher, who has been with the school since 2005, says the school was initially under the jurisdiction of the Gram Panchayat. “In 2009, the administration of the school was taken over by the Zilla Parishad. The officials then promised to repair the toilets before it was handed…