Children float on rubber tubes to go to school

You may believe it or not & consider it bizarre that children of Rolana village in Kota district, 250 km from Jaipur in Rajasthan state of India, cross a 40-foot-deep and 120-foot-wide river on discarded tractor rubber tubes to go to school, risking their lives every day. One tube carries four of them while a good swimmer steers it towards the other side of the river. Once on the other side, they change into their school uniforms and hang the wet clothes to dry on bushes. After school is over, they change back into their morning clothes, dry by now, and follow the same ritual to reach home. Read more..............They float to school on rubber tubes

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