00:00Let's turn to tonight's Get Real India story, stories from the ground where in a bizarre display
00:05of administrative neglect, a government inter-college in UP's Basti has been caught denying
00:10admission to girls. The reason? A purported lack of toilets. The situation came to light
00:16when a father gifted a toilet seat just to secure his daughter's admission. Take a look
00:22at tonight's Get Real India story.
00:39A government inter-college in Uttar Pradesh is denying admission to girls, citing one
00:45reason, lack of separate toilets for them. This is not fiction, but real.
00:53The Jhinkulal Triveni Ram Chaudhary Inter-college in Kalwari in Basti district found itself
00:59in the news after a father gifted a toilet to the authorities to secure admission for
01:04his daughter.
01:22Villagers alleged the undeclared ban is to help a private inter-college in the area.
01:49The principal cites safety concerns as the reason for denying admission to girls.
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02:24The district authorities have issued a notice.
02:29Now that a crackdown is on, the institute will hopefully find some space for a girl's toilet.
02:37Bureau Report, India Today.
02:43Saddening story there from Bastiba.
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