Summary:
KORAPUT: The Malyabanta Express has arrived in remote Malkangiri and 13-year-old Lachmi Madkami is ecstatic. The school calls itself Malyabanta Express. The school's walls are in shades of blue, just like a real train, and doors lead to classrooms. The Government Nodal Upper Primary School in the district's Chitrakonda block has done up its building to resemble a train, using funds from a scheme called Building as Learning Aid (BaLA). So what if there's no rail link to connect one of Odisha's most dangerous districts, home to deep forests and deadly Maoist activity..