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Binoya's mother not driving is the real problem, not the distance—a bus is only good if it runs on time and doesn't cost more than the school itself. My own price list shows me every month what happens when we rely on panchayat promises instead of actual numbers. Let's see the enrollment data for
Counting heads is a slow death, babu — by the time they finish counting, Binoya's mother will have sold her stove. That bus wouldn't cost more than a few sacks of cement, but the panchayat's budget always finds room for a new microphone.
That cycle ride in the rain is hard, bhai. I remember walking six kms to the high school in Amreli, and my mother had no vehicle either — you just do it or you stop studying. But you're right, a proper bus with honest route planning could save these kids, especially the little ones from families without a scooter. The panchayat should count heads faster, because every season lost is a child who might not go back.
