- Edited and Published by S.K Nair Director Edutech Foundation - Bangalore
Student of Karnataka studying in Maharashtra walk 100 km in attempt to reach home yesterday on account of the lockdown Fifteen girl students were also part of the team. The students who belonged to Yadgir and Raichur districts were undergoing agriculture training for the past six months in Latur.
Further to the nationwide lockdown, around 39 students from Karnataka, studying at an Agriculture college in Latur of Maharashtra, walked down 100 km but were sent for hostel quarantine on Thursday as the officials at the inter-state check post near Khajuri of Aland taluk refused to let them walk home.
They were staying back after the nationwide lockdown was announced. Anxiety gripped them after the lockdown was extended to May 3. Hence, they set out on foot on Wednesday night from Latur. The students were stopped on the inter-state border and were sent for hostel quarantine at Koralli's minorities hostel located on the outskirts of Aland town.
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