A protest by schoolchildren calling themselves Gen-Alpha has drawn attention in Hamirpur, Uttar Pradesh, where students and villagers marched to the collectorate demanding construction of a badly damaged 1.5-km road in Chandoopur gram panchayat. The protesters said the muddy road is disrupting education and making travel and medical access difficult. After police stopped them from entering the District Magistrate’s office, they staged a sit-in outside the collectorate gate and demanded a permanent road and a clear completion timeline.
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