Summary:
It was around six months ago that villagers found the school's main gate space encroached upon for setting up of shops. Panchayat allotted land illegallyAJMER: Girl students of a government secondary school in Bhilwara 's Shambhugarh village on Tuesday, with some help from the nearby boys' school, set on fire the construction material on the illegally encroached area near the main gate of their school. They had been complaining about the encroachment to authorities since long.The students also jammed the main road and staged a protest outside the local police station. Police had to fire in the air todispersethem.Sub-divisional officer Dinesh Dhakar reached the village and spoke tothe protesters and assuredsuitable action. Despite allthis, theencroachment was not removed, and on Monday the encroachers began the construction of shops.On Tuesday, when the students saw the construction happening, they locked their school main gate and went to nearby boys’ school and asked for their help..