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The Water Resource Department is operating a autobus exclusively for 10 students astatine the Parambikulam Dam tract who are pursuing schoolhouse acquisition beyond superior level successful the plains, travelling for 2 hours successful each absorption each day.
The fig of students availing of the autobus installation has travel down from 18 successful caller years, according to officials of the section that has administrative power implicit the dam tract connected the Kerala side.
Out of the 10 students, 4 are studying successful classes VI to X astatine the Government Higher Secondary School astatine Vettaikaranpudur successful the plains. Six others are studying astatine precocious and higher secondary level successful the Government Higher Secondary School, Anamalai.
The students statesman their question astatine 6.30 a.m. from the dam site. They statesman their instrumentality travel astatine 5 p.m., and by the clip they scope their homes, acheronian sets in. Students, according to WRD sources, person acclimatised themselves to the schedule.
The section is understood to beryllium staring astatine the eventuality of the pupil fig dropping further successful the coming years.
It is due to the fact that the fig of students successful the authorities superior schoolhouse of Tamil Nadu astatine the dam tract has besides been connected the decline.
The enrolment has travel down arsenic the fig of WRD unit surviving successful the quarters has shrunk, since the status vacancies person not been filled for long, it is learnt.
The superior schoolhouse earlier utilized to payment children belonging to the tribal assemblage successful Kerala. Over the years, the students are being educated successful boarding schools successful towns and cities successful Kerala, section sources said.
