Fatuwa Vijaypur municipality-1 from Gamharia village, there is Lalbakaiya river on the east side. A board of a Dalit primary school can be seen hanging in a small hut across the river. As the growing cold wave continues in Madhesh, children are sitting on the ground outside the unwired huts, screaming and reading.

In 2064, a dalit village's hut was erected on 10 dhur land donated by Ganesh Mahara, a dalit of the village. The hut was built in 2078 by the municipality by surrounding it with bamboo poles. For 17 years, most of the Dalit students have been studying in the courtyard of this school in Gamharia village by spreading sacks and tents. 

Children bring sacks and tents from home. Those who do not have to sit on the cold floor. The parents have repeatedly requested the municipality to construct a new building. But since the municipality is not interested, the children are forced to study with difficulty.  When

reached the school, the principal Hiralal Prasad Yadav was teaching the children sitting on the cold floor under the open sky. Look at the condition of children and schools. Did the state care? Even the local government has not shown any interest," he said. "Even if the children have to suffer like this, no one cares. I have heard that money has been released from the municipality in the name of the school, but I don't know where that money went.

He said that because there is no furniture or building in the school, the children are forced to study on the floor. There are two small prints in the name of the building. It is also open all around. "The cold is constantly increasing, children are forced to bring sacks from home, parents are also worried," said Principal Yadav, "There are no buildings, desks, benches, toilets in the school." Attendance register and other important documents have to be kept in plastic bags.

Sanjay Sah, the then ward president of Fatuwa Vijaypur Municipality-1, who was elected by the Maoists in 2074, said that he could not get the budget released from the municipality because the school land is located next to the river. "Municipality allocated 10 million budget through the ward to purchase land elsewhere, after the budget was frozen three times, 3 and a half acres of land was purchased at the last minute," he said, "but the land was passed in the name of the Terai-Madhesh War Memorial Foundation, not in the name of the school." He argued that the land was named in the name of the establishment due to various obstacles and technical reasons. "Namesari can be changed in the name of the school, but the municipality should take initiative for that," he said. Nothing has been damaged yet, the foundation has also said that it is ready to pass the land in the name of the school.' 

But now the foundation is making the infrastructure to build a five-room building on that land. Principal Yadav said that the school could not be moved due to the purchase of land in the name of Terai-Madhesh Memorial Jan Yuddh Foundation of Rautahat 3 MP Prabhu Sah. "There is neither land nor building in the name of the school," he said. It is not possible to live there because the roof is left sloping. 

It can be seen from the documents received by Kantipur that Rs. In the said meeting, the Deputy Mayor Kanti Devi also signed. The then deputy chief Kanti Devi said that the land was purchased in the name of the establishment after the budget of 1 million received from the municipality was frozen three times.

"The school should be moved to the same building and education will be provided," she said. A parent complains, 'The local people's representatives and parliamentarians are not ashamed to see the Dalit children studying on the cold floor of the hut.' Yadav was suspended after filing a case in a special court with a claim of 1,999 rupees. Later, other than the city chief Yadav were acquitted. Currently, Deputy Chief Ambeya Khatun is the Acting City Chief.

Khatun said that the money could not be disbursed because the school is located next to the Lalbakaiya river. She did not want to say anything about the amount that went to the name of the building. "In my time, not a single penny has gone to the Dalits," she said, "I did not know how much money was disbursed before." 

Headmaster Yadav said that the school had to be closed due to flooding during the rainy season. "Because it is near the river, even when it rains normally, the school has to be closed because the veld gets flooded," he said. He also complained that MP and former minister Prabhu Sah and Finance Minister of Madhesh Province Jitendra Yadav were from the same town but did not show interest in the condition of the school. 

There are currently 192 students in the school, which provides education up to 5th grade. There are 6 teachers in the school including child development. Due to the lack of toilets, children and teachers have to go to the nearby sugarcane field to defecate. Ganesh Mahara, who donated the land, has been the chairman of the management committee since 2064. Principal Yadav told that no one else has shown interest except him. 

Former minister Shah argues that the then city chief Gopal Yadav could not purchase the land in the name of the school, so he himself gave the organization's money and bought the land for the school. According to Sah, the land purchase process was started by spending the foundation's money without the municipality giving the money.

'There is a different process for purchasing land by the municipality or any government body, at that time I could not complete all the procedures and I cut the check myself and took the land,' he said, 'even after two years the municipality could not bring the land under the name of the school, the remaining five lakh rupees According to him, the then city chief Yadav built the half-built building that is seen now without passing the land in the name of the school. He refuted the claim that Sanjay Yadav, the then ward president of Fatuwa Vijaypur Municipality-1, and Kanti Devi, the then deputy head of the city, had given money to the establishment for the purchase of land.