Raipur, Sept. 8 -- Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai has taken serious note of the incident in which girl students of Shivpur Eklavya Residential School in Surguja district set out on foot for the Collectorate to raise their grievances. Immediately after learning about the incident, Chief Minister Sai spoke to Surguja Collector Ajit Vasant over the phone and sought a detailed account of the matter.

He expressed strong displeasure that long-pending problems at the school had compelled the students to take such a step.

"It is completely unacceptable that the girls had to leave their school and walk to the Collectorate to seek solutions to their basic problems," the Chief Minister said. He questioned why issues such as the prolonged...