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PERNEM
While the entire state celebrated Liberation Day amid much fanfare, the occasion was all the more special for the Government School at Mopa as teachers and students were also liberated from encroachments on the adjacent playground.
It may be recalled that a landlord had placed several stones on the school playground for construction purpose, while the parents and teachers had claimed that the ground had been given to the school to be used as a children's playground several decades earlier.
Parents and villagers had staged multiple protests in a bid to pressurise the Tamboxem-Mopa-Ugvem panchayat to clear the encroachment.
When the panchayat failed to act in the matter, villagers and parents intensified their agitation on Monday. Mopa Sarpanch Pallavi Rawool later suggested that parents and locals resolve the issue with the landowner.
On Monday night,
the landlord removed the stones and cleared the ground for Liberation Day celebrations.
PERNEM
While the entire state celebrated Liberation Day amid much fanfare, the occasion was all the more special for the Government School at Mopa as teachers and students were also liberated from encroachments on the adjacent playground.
It may be recalled that a landlord had placed several stones on the school playground for construction purpose, while the parents and teachers had claimed that the ground had been given to the school to be used as a children's playground several decades earlier.
Parents and villagers had staged multiple protests in a bid to pressurise the Tamboxem-Mopa-Ugvem panchayat to clear the encroachment.
When the panchayat failed to act in the matter, villagers and parents intensified their agitation on Monday. Mopa Sarpanch Pallavi Rawool later suggested that parents and locals resolve the issue with the landowner.
On Monday night,
the landlord removed the stones and cleared the ground for Liberation Day celebrations.
