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Future athletes go hungry & no beds to sleep
Bangalore: It was a nightmare for nearly 300 State Kendriya Vidyalaya students of various age groups who were headed for a national sports meet in New Delhi.
They were literally starved for 24 hours and forced to spend the night without mattresses, at the KVSchool (Railways).
The students did not protest as they did not want to jeopardise their trip to the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan’s National Sports Meet, which was held from November 16 to 20. Without a word of complaint, they slept on benches.
The students assembled here on November 12 to proceed to Chennai to take the New Delhi-bound Tamil Nadu Express. On Thursday morning they arrived at the school near the City railway station, realising little the horrors that awaited them.
The matter came to light when parents went to railway station to see off their wards, who wailed before them, revealing they had spent the entire day on empty stomachs. They also complained that they were not provided with mattresses or blankets despite the chilly weather here,
Complaint lodged : After seeing off his daughter, an angry Bikash Kumar Das lodged a complaint with D T S Rao, Assistant Commissioner, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, Bangalore region, demanding action against officials responsible for the treatment meted out to the children.
Speaking to Deccan Herald, Das said the students were held like "prisoners, with no lunch, dinner, tea or snacks provided to them, and all were asked to sleep on the cold, dirty floor."
Das even requested to stop the transit system from KV School (Railways) and audit the amount allotted for the students’ expenses.
He has decided to take up the matter with the Human Resources Development Ministry and the National Commission for women (NCW).
When contacted, Rao promised a probe, saying action would be taken against the guilty.
Bangalore: It was a nightmare for nearly 300 State Kendriya Vidyalaya students of various age groups who were headed for a national sports meet in New Delhi.
They were literally starved for 24 hours and forced to spend the night without mattresses, at the KVSchool (Railways).
The students did not protest as they did not want to jeopardise their trip to the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan’s National Sports Meet, which was held from November 16 to 20. Without a word of complaint, they slept on benches.
The students assembled here on November 12 to proceed to Chennai to take the New Delhi-bound Tamil Nadu Express. On Thursday morning they arrived at the school near the City railway station, realising little the horrors that awaited them.
The matter came to light when parents went to railway station to see off their wards, who wailed before them, revealing they had spent the entire day on empty stomachs. They also complained that they were not provided with mattresses or blankets despite the chilly weather here,
Complaint lodged : After seeing off his daughter, an angry Bikash Kumar Das lodged a complaint with D T S Rao, Assistant Commissioner, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, Bangalore region, demanding action against officials responsible for the treatment meted out to the children.
Speaking to Deccan Herald, Das said the students were held like "prisoners, with no lunch, dinner, tea or snacks provided to them, and all were asked to sleep on the cold, dirty floor."
Das even requested to stop the transit system from KV School (Railways) and audit the amount allotted for the students’ expenses.
He has decided to take up the matter with the Human Resources Development Ministry and the National Commission for women (NCW).
When contacted, Rao promised a probe, saying action would be taken against the guilty.
TN’s Bus Corp owes Rs: 324 Cr to Victims
Coimbatore: TNSTC, buses are not just among the worst killers on the roads, it is also the biggest defaulters when it comes to paying compensation to accident victims.
The TNSTC owe a whopping Rs: 323.96 crores in compensation to 11,233 victims and their families, information obtained under RTI has revealed.
The TNSTC has not settled compensation amounts of Rs: 18.61 crore awarded by the Madras High Court and a startling Rs: 305.14 crore ordered by the accident tribunals. Some hapless families of accident victims have been waiting for compensation for 28 years now- (Agencies)
‘Hafta’ has no retirement!
Puttur: A retired Commercial Tax Officer has received "surmons" from the police for continuing his ‘service’ after retirement also. This officer went to a general store in Uppinangady in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka and started his same old ‘Harikatha’.
The shop owner, who was fed up with his antics, informed the local police. Catching him in ‘action’ Police ‘admonished’ him not to continue with his old habit of collecting ‘Hafta’ even after retirement and stop harassing shop keepers. Police appropriately reprimanded him and sent home. However police did not disclose his identify. Police gave him a ‘prize’ or collecting ‘Hafta’ after retirement also.
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