Come monsoon and students and teachers of Kota Tulsipur VDC of Kailali are compelled to put their life at risk every day to attend classes. Their school, Shree Secondary School, lies on the other side of Kada River. In absence of a bridge, the students wade and swim across the river to reach their school. In 2007, seven students were swept away by the river and since then, every year, two students have been killed while crossing the river.

Principal of Shree Secondary School, Laxmi Prasad Bhattarai, says: "Every year students die as they try to cross the river. We haven't been able to conduct our classes properly." He adds that the students and the teachers would suffer less if there was a bridge on Kada river.

"We cannot come to school when it rains," says Nirmala Kathariya a student of the school. She adds that if it starts to rain they leave their classes and rush home.

According to the school, every monsoon, a majority of students of lower classes are absent. Established in 1972, the school has 1,500 students out of which 1,200 students are from Kota Tulsipur and need to cross to river to attend their classes.

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