Mangaluru; The Sullia senior civil court judge Somashekar on Monday inspected the mud-filled road connecting Bellare to Mudayi Thota, warned the Bellare Gram panchayat authorities that a case would be filed against them.
The judges visited following a photo in which two children removing mud on the road went viral on social media, drew the attention of lakhs of netizens, and evoked widespread condemnation for the apathy of authorities. As the classes began on Monday after a gap of one and half years two second class students of Mandepu government primary school, Vallisha Rama and Tanvi were trying to drain the water on the road.
When the issue came to notice of the judge he visited the spot along with the public prosecutor and Bellare sub-inspector, took parents, school teachers, and Bellare GP president, panchayat officer, and members to task, and ordered police to book a case against them for making children work. The parents of children told that it is a private road belonging to them, hence their children repaired.
The GP authorities apologized for the incident and repaired the road immediately.
