A 17-year-old boy died after being bitten by a snake on the premises of a government higher secondary school at Harithuvaramangalam in Tiruvaru on February 10, police said on Tuesday.
AIADMK slams DMK after snake, insect bite deaths in government schoolsThe boy, a Class 11 student, was undergoing treatment after he was bitten by a common crate on the school premises last week, police said. However, he died on February 8 as he did not respond to treatment, a senior police officer told PTI.
After the post-mortem, the body was handed over to the family.
In another incident, a three-year-old girl reportedly died after being bitten by a poisonous insect on February 9 at a government primary school in Namakkal district.
Citing the two incidents, AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami criticized the ruling DMK government, alleging that the poor state of state-run schools reflected a lack of basic infrastructure.
Condoling the families of the deceased, Palaniswami claimed in a social media post earlier in the day, “During the DMK regime, it is the height of cruelty that students are losing their lives due to the pathetic conditions of government schools, which lack even basic infrastructure.”
He urged the state government to immediately provide adequate compensation to the families of students who lost their lives due to snake and insect bites.
Meanwhile, a video of students cleaning an overhead water tank at a school in Rishivandyam in Kallakurichi district has surfaced on social media.
In the video, students dressed in school uniform are seen cleaning the tank, scathingly criticizing the senior AIADMK leader.
Palaniswami attacked the school education department, alleging that they failed to hire dedicated staff for such work and used students instead.
“Did the students come to study in government schools or work for you? Does this DMK government understand that it is a crime to compromise the safety of students by engaging them in such dangerous work?” he asked.
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