YEH MERA INDIA

Multi Specialty Hospital: But labourer gives birth outside!

Jaipur: The Rajasthan government has ordered an inquiry after a woman gave birth to a baby outside a government-run multi-specialty hospital in Jaipur.

Ashoka Bai, who works as a construction labourer, was admitted to CHC, a primary health centre in Jaipur’s Sanganer area.

However, since she had developed complications due to high blood pressure, doctors there thought it was better to refer her to the nearby Jaipuria Hospital, a government hospital with multi-specialty units.

Ashoka’s family members, however, claimed that she had to deliver on the road as the doctors in Jaipuria Hospital failed to attend to her on time.

She was brought to the Jaipuria hospital by her family members, but the doctor on duty refused to admit her, while assessing that the delivery of the child was not likely to take place during the night.

Prostrating at cop’s feet is passé

Lucknow: Infamous for its insensitivity, the Uttar Pradesh Police was shamed once again after a picture showing an old man lying prostrate at the feet of a policeman who was busy on his mobile phone, went viral.

The picture, which was reportedly clicked by a local photographer, shows the policeman, who was later identified as Yogendra Pal Singh, the in-charge of Balrampur police outpost in Pilibhit district of Uttar Pradesh, wearing shorts and a T-Shirt talking in his mobile phone.

Sources said that the photograph was clicked at the police outpost, when the old man, a complainant, had approached Singh in connection with some issues. The picture triggered massive outrage on social media. Authorities swung into action and ordered a probe into the matter.

Source quoting Singh said the old man lay prostrate on his feet almost immediately after entering the premises giving him (Singh) no time to react. “I was busy talking over the phone, when he came in and lay at my feet. I requested him not to do that,” Singh was quoted as having said. 

Central Jail stamps on Minors’ face

BHOPAL: In a weird case of tagging for identity, two minors were stamped with an entry seal on their face when they reached to meet their imprisoned relatives on Raksha Bandhan at the Bhopal Central Jail.

The Madhya Pradesh Human Rights Commission (MPHRC) too has taken cognizance of the matter after the photographs of two children including a girl with an entry seal on their faces surfaced in a section of media here.

The jail authorities, however, said the incident of ‘stamping-seal-on-face’ was an unintentional goof-up and might have been done mistakenly due to surge of visitors in the jail premises to mark the festive day of Raksha Bandhan.

“Couple of children might have been stamped an entry seal on their cheeks. It was unintentional and done mistakenly as over 8,500 people mostly women and children visited the jail premises on the day of Raksha Bandhan,” Bhopal Central Jail’s Superintendent Dinesh Nargave said.

Nargave said there is a practice of putting an entry seal on every visitor’s hand in a bid to distinguish them from the jail inmates.

“The visitors mix up with the prisoners and it is hard to point them out. So, a stamp is embossed on the hand of a visitor to identify them,” he added.

Nargave doubted that this goof-up might have occurred as some women and girls wear burqa.

“We are conducting an inquiry into the matter. We will take action against the employee concerned, if found that this was done intentionally,” he assured.

Meanwhile, the MPHRC has served a notice to the Director General (jails) seeking an explanation on this incident within a week.

`2.5 crore spent on Film never made: on Tilak- File missing

New Delhi: Files related to the grant of `2.5 crore for a film on Bal Gangadhar Tilak that was never made, have gone missing from the government’s records.

The revelation surfaced during a hearing before the Central Information Commission which was adjudicating a matter related to the Union Culture Ministry.

“The Commission finds that key records of sanction and payment of `2.5 crores to Vinay Dhumale for production of a movie on Bal Gangadhar Tilak is missing and except for some oral statements by the CPIO and Deputy Secretary, there is no record present of who held the files,” Information Commissioner Sridhar Acharyulu noted.

He has directed the Culture Ministry to initiate an inquiry into the missing files, and submit a report about action taken within 60 days of receiving this order.

The case related to V R Kamalapurkar who had filed an RTI application with the Culture Ministry seeking to know the records related to the film on Tilak which was sanctioned in 2005.

The ministry officials told the Commission that `2.5 crore was given to Dhumale, a producer, to make the film but it was never made.

Nirmala Goyal, a Deputy Secretary, said the ministry was able to find out about this embezzlement only after the RTI application was filed by Kamalapurkar in 2011. “The money was transferred to Vinay in two instalments. She (Goyal) said, however, the movie was never made and there was no inquiry into the utility of the funds,” Acharyulu said.

Central Public Information Officer of the ministry, Arnab Aich, an Under Secretary who was also present during the hearing, said the matter was referred to the CBI for inquiry but the final report is awaited.

“The file containing the details of the film project, sanctioning of the project and the officers involved in the monetary transactions was not traceable in the record room of the erstwhile Commemoration bureau (of the ministry),” he told the Commission. He said searches were carried out in the record rooms between the years 2013 and 2017, but to no avail, and the file was categorised as missing.

No Title, No Improvement: BMC style

Mumbai: The redevelopment work of Navalkar market in Jogeshwari, run by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has been delayed for the past nine years as the title name of this market, owned by the corporation has been missing from the property card.

A senior civic officer stated that within eight months the design of the project would be finalised and thereafter the redevelopment project would begin. However, he failed to give any reason due to which the redevelopment project has been stalled. Another civic officer confirmed that due to the missing name from the property card the redevelopment work has been stalled for nearly a decade.

Shubhangi Kheur with her husband Vishwanath Kheur, one of the oldest fish stall owners in Navalkar market shared their grief. She said, “Since many years we have written complaints to the BMC but they have done nothing. Sewerage lines are open, the entire market is in a dilapidated condition with appalling hygiene standards. As a result, we do not get customers and are making losses.”

She further added, “There is no drinking water and the toilets constructed for shopkeepers are locked all the time. The BMC provides us with no amenities and still they continue to collect rent.”

In addition, Vishwanath Kheur remarked that during monsoons water accumulates in the market and the roofs leak as there is water-logging inside the market, which turns off the public. So far, the funds from the corporator have been used for constructing sheds. In Navalkar market there are a total of 180 stall owners who sell vegetables, fruits while other 51 are fish stall owners.