Good News: Badarpur Khadar gets its first school after 300 years - NewsX

Ignored for three centuries of its existence, a small village on the eastern borders of the national capital, Badarpur Khadar, today got its first school after years of efforts put in by the villagers borne fruit. Badarpur Kadar, which houses more than 3,000 families and comes under Sonia Vihar ward of the East Delhi Municipal Corporation, lacks all basic facilities like proper road which even hamlets in remotest parts of the country would have. Though part of the capital, the village -- about 10 km from the capital city -- got electricity only in 2010 and now people can hope to get their children educated next door without having to send them to a village in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh for studies. The 'Sarvodaya Middle School', which began functioning from today will have eight teachers and will temporarily run in a rented building. About 160 students have already taken admission. The government has also sanctioned Rs 2.34 crore to PWD for the construction of the school. The Directorate of Education had informed the Delhi High Court last week that a school is now functional in Badarpur Khadar village in north-east Delhi.
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