Archive · 12 Aug 2026
Mathura DM helps four children who undertook Kanwar Yatra
Four children could not go to school because their families could not pay the school fees.
They took a special walking trip called a Kanwar Yatra, starting from Haridwar on July 30.
On the trip, they prayed to Lord Shiva to help them go back to school.
A picture and a message about them spread on the internet.
A district officer named Chandra Prakash Singh saw the message.
He called the children to his office to help them.
The officers made sure their school fees were removed, so they no longer had to pay.
The children also got new uniforms, a school bag, books, and other school items.
The government is also helping their parents, who have disabilities, with welfare support.
Now the children can study again.
Four children from Kosi Kalan — Sadhna, Muskan, Prerna and Shivam — undertook a Kanwar Yatra from Haridwar on July 30, praying to Lord Shiva to help them resume studies stopped over unpaid fees.
District Magistrate Chandra Prakash Singh acted after a viral X post captioned “Bholenath Suno Pukar Fees Bharna Jaroori” and called the children to his office.
The administration waived fees of Rs 6,800 for Muskan and Rs 5,500 for Shivam; Sadhna and Prerna already had tuition and full fee waivers, respectively.
The children received two sets of school uniforms, a school bag, books, a pencil box, lunch box, shoes and socks, and SDM Akhilesh Kumar adopted the school's students.
The administration is facilitating the enrolment of the physically challenged parents under the UP Divyang Pension Yojana; Bharat Singh is also a PM Awas Yojana (Urban) beneficiary.
- Who
- Four children from Kosi Kalan — Sadhna, Muskan, Prerna and Shivam — and District Magistrate Chandra Prakash Singh with the Mathura district administration.
- What
- The district administration arranged educational support, including fee waivers and school supplies, so the children could resume studies that had stopped over unpaid fees.
- When
- The children began their Kanwar Yatra from Haridwar on July 30; the administration arranged the support on Wednesday (August 12) after the post went viral.
- Where
- Kosi Kalan and the district administration office in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, with the Yatra starting from Haridwar.
- Why
- The children's physically challenged parents, Bharat Singh and Sunita, face financial difficulties and could not pay the school fees.
- Children
- Sadhna, Muskan, Prerna, Shivam
- Yatra start
- Haridwar, July 30
- Fees waived
- Rs 6,800 (Muskan) and Rs 5,500 (Shivam)
- District Magistrate
- Chandra Prakash Singh
- Parents
- Bharat Singh and Sunita, residents of Kosi Kalan
- Supplies provided
- Two uniform sets, school bag, books, pencil box, lunch box, shoes, socks
- Welfare schemes
- Divyang Pension Yojana enrolment being facilitated; PM Awas Yojana (Urban) beneficiary
- Official quote
- “According to the wishes of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the children will receive quality education” — DM