To get to school, these students have to put their lives on the line, crossing a broken bridge. Reality cuts hearts in Lebak Regency, Banten. "Our country is as if a country without a leader, at the local level there is no one who leads it like there is no regent or village head. To the leaders at the village level, immediately do community service, don't let the children hang in the middle of the river, ”said Deputy Chairman of the People's Welfare DPR, Taufik Kurniawan.
"It's like our country is not yet independent. Village head, sub-district head immediately take steps, "he added.
In Kampung Tanjung, Lebak, Banten adults, elementary and junior high school children have to bet their lives to go to their schools. They had to cross a wooden bridge that was badly damaged.
While holding on to the bridge ropes, they had to step extra carefully. One step, byuur! The swift currents of the Ciberang River, Lebak, Banten could take their lives. (Detik.com. Photo: AP & Reuters). *
Students hold on to the side steel bars of a collapsed bridge as they cross a river to get to school at Sanghiang Tanjung village in Lebak regency, Indonesia's Banten village January 19, 2012. Flooding from the Ciberang river broke a pillar supporting the suspension bridge, which was built in 2001, on Monday according to Epi Sopian the head of Sanghiang Tanjung village. Sofiah, a student crossing the bridge, says she will need to walk for an extra 30 minutes if she were to take a detour through another bridge. (REUTERS / Beawiharta)Students make their way across a damaged suspension bridge to go to their school on the other side of the Ciberang river in Lebak, Banten province, Indonesia, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012. The bridge was badly damaged after it was hit by a flood last week. (Associated Press Photo)Sofiah, a student, holds on to the steel bars of a collapsed bridge as she crosses a river to get to school at Sanghiang Tanjung village in Lebak regency, Indonesia's Banten village January 19, 2012. Flooding from the Ciberang river broke a pillar supporting the suspension bridge, which was built in 2001, on Monday according to Epi Sopian the head of Sanghiang Tanjung village. Sofiah said that she must walk 30 minutes further by another bridge if she avoided the collapsed bridge. (Reuters / Beawiharta Photo)
