KANPUR: Farmers in UP’s Kanpur district locked stray cattle in a village government school. When teachers and students came to school on Monday, they were greeted by a herd of cows.In Bidhnoo’s Guru Ka Purwa village in Kanpur district, around 50 cows had been locked inside the school by farmers on Sunday evening as the animals had been destroying their crop.Cattle menace is growing and as Ruby Devi, village head of Guru Ka Purwa, said, “These animals are destroying our crops. Many of us have fallen ill in the cold weather standing guard over farms. The district administration has not taken any action in the matter.”Farmers refused to let the cows free and allow the school to run to get the administration’s attention to deal with stray cattle. This was the third incident reported from the region in the past few days. On December 27, cattle had replaced students in classrooms in Ghanshyampur Katra of Sachendi area in the district. The same day, villagers also locked up stray cows in a police outpost in Bharthana area of Etawah.Block education officer Sunil Dwivedi said the matter has been brought to the knowledge of senior officials. “Such action will only hamper studies of farmers’ children, apart from the cattle damaging school property. If farmers do not relent, we’ll seek police help to clear the school of cattle.” He says he also sees in it “handiwork of anti-social elements with vested interests”.

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