PATNA: She might have lost one leg to a tragic accident two years ago, but passion to study spurs 10-year-old Seema to hop down to school 1km away from home in Jamui district every day. The class IV student of Middle School in Fatehpur, also encourages other girls of the village to get educated.
After her video went viral on social media, Seema of Fatehpur village under Khaira block of Maoist-affected Jamui district has won the heart of the netizens all over the country. While Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal appealed to people to support the braveheart, Bollywood actor Sonu Sood extended his help to Seema.
Jamui DM Avaneesh Kumar Singh on Wednesday visited the girl's 'kutcha' (mud) house and gifted her a tricycle. "The district administration salutes the girl's courage and willpower. She is setting an example to promote education of girls in her village. We have also taken the measurement to provide her a prosthetic leg, which we will give her within a week. We have given incentives collected from the community to Seema," he said and also promised her a pucca house. "We are going to organize camps for divyang kids in other villages as well to provide medical support, housing, ration card and other schemes. After Khaira block, we will cover the villages in Laxmipur block," Singh told TOI.
