16 minutes agoWriters: Rajesh Sahu and Raksha Singh
Belly area of Prayagraj. About 20 thousand boys live here. There are 10 thousand left at this time. Because the whole area is submerged in dirty and smelly water. These 10 thousand students also had the option of going home. But they didn’t go home. Stayed in the library. Because they are afraid that if they go home, the flow of studies will be broken.
Dainik Bhaskar’s team reached Bailey, Rajapur, Salori, Chhota Bhagada. Drones were used for flood coverage. In the houses where the first floor is submerged in water, boys were seen studying on the second floor. Let us know the condition of all the parts one by one.
First thing about Rajapur.
When the room was submerged in the flood, the library became the support
The students’ rooms are full of water, so the library they go to study. are living there.
There is a Vision Library in Rajapur. About 250 students come here to study every day. There were about 100 boys and girls in this whose room was submerged in the flood. They had the option to go home but did not. Vision started living in the library itself. Ramesh Chandra of Gorakhpur says, “Our frustration increased amid the floods. Our books were soaked. We did not have any food to cook. If we go home, the flow of studies will break. That’s why we stayed in the library.”
Vandana from Varanasi, who is preparing for UPSC, says, “The room was filled with water. We were about to go home. When we spoke to the library bhaiya, he said, you can stay here. We five girls should stay in the library.” Shubham Yadav of Jaunpur says, “Go home, but unemployment is a bigger problem than floods. If you talk to the Education Minister, then definitely talk to him about teacher recruitment.”
Everything got washed away in the flood
Ankur Yadav is in the picture. His room was filled with flood water. All the salmon, the books are soaked.
Chhota Baghada is the most flood affected area of the district. When we somehow reached here in the middle of the water, Ankur Yadav of Ghazipur was searching for some things in his room between 2 feet of water. Ankur says, “When the water rose, we went out. When we came back, the things kept at the bottom drowned. Now we will have to go home. Because if we stay here, we will get sick.”
500 rupees cheap rooms on the banks of the river
We asked RD Yadav of Jaunpur, who is preparing for competitive exams, why did he take the room in the middle of the flood? Why not take it somewhere else? RD tells that here room is available for 2500 rupees but in other parts there are no rooms for less than 3000 rupees. We come from a family for which Rs 500 means a lot.
Before we know the status of the students in the rest of the parts, we get to know the status of the coaching institutes here.
1 dozen coaching institutes closed
Amidst the floods, Dainik Bhaskar’s team reached to see the condition of the coaching institutes. In every coaching, only half of the students got the capacity. Sanjeev Tiwari, director of Utthan Coaching in Georgetown, says, “Two years ago, Corona broke its back, in October last year the situation improved, then the delta virus and now the floods completely broke the coaching business.” Prabal Academy, which runs coaching in cities like Delhi, Mumbai, closed its institute here. About a dozen institutions, big and small, have closed the coaching institute itself.
Students are unable to come out of their homes due to floods. Coaching institutes are lying vacant.
After paying the fees, the students said, Sir, now I do not know when I will have to come.
Sanjeev Tiwari says, “Students are confused because of the floods. Some deposited the fees but the room got submerged due to the floods. He comes to us and says sir now don’t know when to come.” It is not only the loss of the coaching institute, but also the loss of the students whose precious time is being wasted due to the floods.
Now we know the position of Salori where the situation looked alarming.
Exam next week, if you go home you will be left behind
About 30 thousand students live in Salori. Even after the entire area is submerged, about 10,000 students are staying on the second and third floors. Alok Verma of Ghazipur is one of them. Says, “There is a PhD in Lucknow University on 6th September and Rajasthan PTI exam on 25th September. If you go home, you will not be able to study. That’s why stopped in the flood. Career is more important.”
Even we talked about rising water. Now the water is receding, but the challenge is bigger than before.
Dirt will make the whole area sick
Due to the flood, the entire area has been filled with dirt. The students said that more trouble comes after the floods are over than the floods.
Alok Verma said, “With the flood water all the dirt of the area went into the houses of the people. Small insects are coming and sticking to the clothes. As soon as this water returns, it will grow rapidly. In such a situation it is necessary that Prayagraj Municipal Corporation should pay attention to it and cleanliness should be done better.”
Water has started decreasing since last three days
At present, Ganga and Yamuna have come below the danger mark in the city. The water level of the Ganga in Phaphamau rose to 84.51 cm. The danger mark here is 84.734. On the other hand Yamuna is flowing at the level of 84.27 cm at Naini. It is expected that the situation will return to normal in the coming 15 days.