HAMIRPUR: After Gen Z, now Gen Alpha has started a protest at UP’s Hamirpur.School students and villagers from Hamirpur district, carrying the national flag, staged a protest at the collectorate on Tuesday, demanding construction of a paved road to their school.The protesters, including students and villagers from Gangwa Ka Dera and Bachchi Ka Dera under Chandupur gram panchayat, undertook a nearly five-kilometre-long ‘Tiranga Yatra’ before reaching the collectorate, news agency PTI reported.They raised slogans and staged a sit-in at the main gate of the district collectorate, demanding construction of the road connecting their school.The protesters said they were forced to walk through muddy and difficult stretches to reach the school and claimed that no pucca road had been constructed in the village since Independence.A large police force was deployed at the collectorate following the protest.Sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) Abhishek Kumar and the circle officer reached the spot and held talks with the students and their parents.The protesters initially said they would continue their sit-in until work on the road began, PTI reported. SDM Abhishek Kumar said the protest was called off after the students and their parents were assured that construction of the road would begin at the earliest.Residents have urged the administration to expedite the work, saying the poor road causes considerable hardship to school-going children, particularly during the rainy season.(With agency inputs)
