Over 100 schoolchildren from Uttarakhand’s Bageshwar district are still relying on a manually operated trolley to cross the Ramganga River to reach schools in neighbouring Pithoragarh, as a bridge destroyed in the 2018 floods is yet to be rebuilt despite repeated demands from residents. They walk nearly 2 km from their villages to the riverbank before being ferried across the swollen river by their parents using the trolley They walk nearly 2 km from their villages to the riverbank before being ferried across the swollen river by their parents using the trolley, said Sunder Singh Bathyal, a social worker from the Nachni area. “The trolley must be pulled manually, and no Public Works Department (PWD) staff are posted at the site to operate it,” Bathyal said, adding that two people were killed and six others were injured in trolley-related accidents over the past eight years, raising concerns about safety during the monsoon. Villagers said they erect a temporary wooden bridge across the river during winter, when the water level recedes, but are forced to rely …