India, June 2 -- A government school headmaster in Karnataka's Belagavi has been suspended after staging a barefoot protest demanding proper classrooms for his students, many of whom are forced to study under open skies due to poor infrastructure, Indian Express reported.

Veeranna Madivalar, the headmaster of Government Lower Primary School in Nidagundi village walked 15 km barefoot last week to the Block Education Office in Raibag taluk. He also observed a hunger strike, urging authorities to act on a long-pending request to construct classrooms for the 146 students enrolled in his school, the report added.

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Despite the school being...