Darjeeling (WB), July 1 (PTI) Children of Darjeeling hills are an unhappy lot now with schools closed, Internet suspended and playgrounds off-limits due to the indefinite shutdown in the hills since June 15. Travelling to other places during the vacation has also hit a stonewall as they cannot leave the hills during the ongoing shutdown. Most of the students in Darjeeling either study in government schools or in renowned boarding schools. In 2009, boarding schools witnessed a 25 percent drop in the number of students due to the unrest, he told PTI. Various boarding schools sent hundreds of students safely to the plains when Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) gave a 12-hour window to the students of all the boarding schools to leave on June 23.

Source: India Today July 01, 2017 08:20 UTC