Desperate times: As mercury drops, nowhere left to study children studying in makeshift schools

BALAKOT:
As snowfall blankets Balakot and surrounding hills, thousands of children studying in makeshift schools are exposed to the harsh weather. This is because the government has yet to reconstruct most educational institutions in the region. In the aftermath of the 2005 earthquake, around 90 per cent of the community’s infrastructure was dilapidated, which the government promised to reconstruct with better facilities within two to three years. However, despite receiving billions in aid

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