{
  "type": "article",
  "title": "Manjeet Singh's school in Kansapur has been shut for years, so village children now walk 3km to study",
  "summary": "In Kansapur village near Ambala, the government primary school named after martyr Manjeet Singh has stayed shut for years, leaving children to walk three kilometres to a neighbouring village every day just to attend school.",
  "content": "In Kansapur, a village off the Ambala-Jagadhri Road, the local government primary school has stood empty for years, forcing young children to walk two to three kilometres to study in a neighbouring village. What makes the situation sting even more is that this very school once carried the name of martyr Manjeet Singh, and Kansapur continues to send its sons into the Indian Army, some of whom have laid down their lives for the country. Residents say it feels deeply unfair that a village which has given soldiers and martyrs to the nation cannot even offer its own children a functioning school.\n\nA daily walk that turns risky in the rains\nEvery morning, Kansapur's youngest children sling their school bags over their shoulders and set off, and with them go their parents' anxieties. During the monsoon, the mud tracks connecting the village turn into slush, and children have no choice but to cross those slippery paths to reach the school in the next village. Several children have slipped and been hurt along the way. Villagers say this has stopped being purely an education problem, it has become a question of the children's safety and their future.\n\nSarpanch wants the school reopened as the child population grows\nSarpanch Gurnam Singh says the school was shut years ago because the number of children in the village had fallen too low to justify keeping it running. But the numbers have since reversed, and the count of young children in Kansapur has risen sharply. Sending them to another village every day, and picking them up again, has become a major daily struggle for parents, he says. His demand is direct, the school built in the martyr's name should be reopened so children can be educated within their own village again.\n\nOne pond for the whole village, and rains that make it worse\nBeyond schooling, Kansapur has long struggled with drainage. The village has only a single johad, or pond, and it isn't enough to properly drain rainwater. The moment it rains, water pools across several spots, lanes get flooded, and life becomes harder for people living nearby. Gurnam Singh is therefore also pushing for a second johad to be built in the village, to give rainwater a proper, lasting outlet.\n\nNo cut on the highway, no bus stop, and lives already lost\nVillager Vikram Pal points to another serious problem facing Kansapur, the absence of a cut and a bus stop on the highway. He says there is no cut on GT Road directly opposite the village's main entrance, forcing people to take a long detour every time they need to travel. This stretch of road has already seen several accidents, and a number of young people from the village have lost their lives in them. Despite this, no permanent fix has been found so far. Anmol, another villager, says politicians make big promises during elections, but once voting ends, the village's problems are forgotten all over again.\n\n\"What I went through, I don't want my siblings to face\"\nAnmol recalls that as a child he too had to walk several kilometres every day just to attend school, and he doesn't want his younger siblings to go through the same hardship. His demands are clear, reopen the school named after martyr Manjeet Singh, build a new johad, set up a bus stop, and cut the GT Road for the village. Right now, no bus even stops outside the village. Girls from Kansapur who travel toward Ambala for their studies have to walk to a bus stop in another village just to catch a bus.\n\nWhat this means for you\nThis story reflects a pattern seen in many Indian villages, where schools get shut or need reopening depending on how the number of young children changes over time.\n\n• Across India: It's a reminder that village infrastructure, schools, roads and drainage, needs regular review as population numbers shift, so children aren't forced into long, risky daily commutes.\n• In Kansapur, Ambala: Young children and their parents currently face a three kilometre walk to school every day, along with flooding during the rains and accident risk from the missing highway cut, until local demands are addressed.\n\nQuestions & Answers\n\n1. Who was Kansapur's now-closed school named after?\nThe government primary school was named after martyr Manjeet Singh.\n\n2. Why was the school shut down?\nSarpanch Gurnam Singh says it was closed years ago because the number of children in the village had dropped too low.\n\n3. How far do children now have to travel to study?\nChildren have to walk two to three kilometres to a neighbouring village every day to attend school.\n\n4. What is the other major problem the village faces?\nKansapur has only a single johad, causing drainage problems, along with the lack of a highway cut and a bus stop on GT Road.\n\n5. What is the impact of not having a cut on GT Road?\nWithout a cut, people must take a long detour, and this stretch has already seen several accidents that have claimed young lives.\n\n6. What are villagers demanding?\nThey want the school named after martyr Manjeet Singh reopened, a new johad built, a bus stop set up, and a cut made on GT Road.\n\n7. What difficulty do the village's girls face for their studies?\nGirls travelling toward Ambala for studies have to walk to a bus stop in another village just to catch a bus.",
  "url": "https://trendkia.com/en/haryana/shahida-manjeet-singh-vala-skula-dashakon-se-bnda-kansapur-ke-bachche-roja-taya-karate-hain-tina-kilomitara-ka-saphara-9580",
  "category": "Haryana",
  "publishedAt": "2026-07-21",
  "tags": [
    "Kansapur",
    "Ambala",
    "Martyr Manjeet Singh",
    "Government school",
    "School shutdown",
    "Village problem",
    "GT Road",
    "Johad"
  ],
  "language": "en",
  "site": "TrendKia"
}