The boy was swimming for nearly 3 km every day to reach his school.
Arjun Santhosh
Kochi: When 14-year-old Arjun Santhosh hailing from Perumbalam, an island in Alappuzha district, took a leap of faith into the Vembanad lake, the famed backwaters in Kerala, last month, little did he know what was in store for him.
The boy was swimming for nearly 3 km every day to reach his school, KPM Higher Secondary School in Poothotta, in protest against the lack of a bridge in the area. His 10-day campaign demanding bridges to his village that has a population of nearly 10,000, where people solely rely on boats and ferries to commute, grabbed the attention of authorities. The Sports Authority of India (SAI) has now offered to adopt Arjun in their swimming scheme.
( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
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