Children at an Indian village in the Himalayas risk their lives to go to school by taking a trolley slung 100 feet over a raging river.

Twice a day, children of Danijala village in Haldwani, Uttarkhand, India, use the trolley to go to the school and return home.

Residents say the road to school gets submerged whenever the river Gaula overflows due to heavy rain or melting snow from the Himalayas.

As the villagers get cut off completely from the outside world the only option is to either ride the risky trolley or stay at home.

Parents say besides the immense risk the trolley poses, using it is also a waste of time. “It takes hours to send all the children across the river in small batches,” says Reshma Sharma, mother of a seven-year-old girl.

Villagers say they have been demanding a bridge across the river for years but the government has not responded.

Children at an Indian village in the Himalayas risk their life to go to school.

They take a makeshift trolley, which is slung over a flooded river, flowing a hundred feet below.

Twice a day, children of Danijala village in Haldwani, Uttarkhand , India, use the trolley to go to the school and return.

Residents say a makeshift road that leads out gets submerged whenever a local river Gaula floods up due to rain or melting snow from Himalayas.

As the villagers get cut off completely from the outside world the option is to either ride the risky trolley or stay put in their homes.

A local resident, Jeevan Singh Thapa, a retired army man, paid the money to build the makeshift trolley.

“I saw that children would miss school whenever it rained heavily flooding up the river. I had seen the Indian Army using trolleys like this in inaccessible terrains,” he says.

Parents say besides the immense risk the trolley poses it is also wastes time. “It takes hours to send all the children across the river in small batches,” says Reshma Sharma, mother of a seven-year-old girl.

While the children need to be hauled to and fro, adults manage to pull themselves in using the trolley rope.

Villagers say they have been demanding a bridge across the river for years but the government has not responded.

A senior district official Harvir Singh said he was not aware of the problem. “The local people have made the trolley. We will first check how safe it is,” he said,