The Andhra Pradesh government has set up a Non-Residential Special Training Centre (NRSTC) to guarantee education for fisherfolk children, including school dropouts, on Edurlamma Lanka, a tiny island in the Godavari, near Rajamahendravaram city.
The island has a population of around 200 who migrated from Yanam town in Puducherry Union Territory and settled on the island to eke out a living through fishing.
On August 16, The Hindu published an article headlined An island in the Godavari where the tricolor has stopped fluttering for years, in these columns, bringing to light the fact that the island has stopped celebrating Independence Day and Republic Day in the absence of a school for over four years.
