Children carry very heavy school bags in comparison to their age and over 58 per cent of students below 10 years of age are suffering from orthopaedic ailments, said a Maharashtra-government-appointed committee report submitted to the Bombay High Court on Friday.

A division bench of Justices V M Kanade and B P Colabawala was informed that the 12-page report has been accepted by the government and a decision will be soon taken on implementation of its recommendations. After perusing the report, the court said "soon children will have to carry trolley bags as the backpacks they carry at present is not enough."