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- A BBC Marathi ground report from Gadchiroli, Maharashtra, documents how substandard conditions in Ashram schools led to snake bites among six girls at Japtalai Ashram school, killing three, with one survivor now on life support in Nagpur.
- The report states 456 students have died in Ashram schools in the district over the past two years, and only a handful of schools provide beds, with most children sleeping on the floor.
- A visit to a school in Dhanora taluka found no beds, insufficient mattresses, classroom walls touching lake water, a low boundary fence, and a pothole-ridden 13 km road that takes an hour to reach the government hospital.
- After the Japtalai incident, some fixes like bed orders and new fencing have begun, and the school's recognition has been permanently cancelled.
What to watch next
- Whether the ordered beds and mattresses actually reach all Ashram schools in Gadchiroli
- Repair of the road between schools and Dhanora government hospital
- Any government-wide inspection or action on Ashram school safety beyond the cancelled Japtalai school
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Named India · Gadchiroli District · Girola Madhyamik Ashram School · Hemant Sidam · Japtalai Ashram School · Murmadi Ashram School · Smriddhi · Sunitha Naitam · Adimashi Vikas Vibhag · Ayushi Singh · Bodhi Ramteke · Chowdhury · Hivraj Mashakhetri
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