While hearing a public-interest petition on the plight of students in Khirkhindi—close to Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s native village of Dare, which has two helipads but lacks basic infrastructure—the Bombay High Court has said the court does not mind some villages having helipads but wants them to have roads so that children can go to school.
“Villages have two helipads, but not roads or bridges. We don’t mind helipads in some villages, but at the same time we also want to see roads for children to go to school or college, finish their education and help society,” Justice Prasanna Varale said on Thursday.
“We only want the state government to take positive steps and do whatever is possible and find a solution,” added the bench also comprising Justice Shrikant Kulkarni.
