Kids to Commute 14 km Daily as Mahim School Tagged 'Unsafe'

Primary students aged 6-10 yrs shifted to BMC school in Worli; no transport provided, say parents

- Niraj Pandit

MUMBAI: With their school in Mahim declared dilapidated and unsafe to use, primary children from a municipal school will have to go on a 14-km journey each day — a burden placed on their young shoulders by crumbling civic infrastructure.

The sudden move to declare the BMC-run New Mahim Municipal English Primary School as dilapidated ahead of it being demolished has impacted more than 1,500 students. While secondary students have been accommodated in schools in the vicinity, primary students, aged six to ten, were told on Monday that they have been relocated to a municipal school in Worli, almost 7 km away.