Went to get rice but I was told that no ration will be given to me. My daughter died saying 'Bhat-bhat'-Koyli Devi, girl's mother
Mithilesh Sinha; Ranchi
The
photo shows the woman is not a migrant, and her looks is not the scene of a
film directed by Satyajit Ray. The story is real and the incident has taken
place in Jharkhand.
An
11 year old girl succumbed to her hunger in Simdega district of Jharkhand. The
government of Raghubar Das is facing ebb of critcism since this incident took
place. The causes behind this incident were told that the ration card had been disappeared
somewhere; so the girl was not given food under PDS consequently she died in
hunger.
The minister's eyes blinked late; and in defense, he condemned the
laxity of officers. Mr Saryu Rai said that the chief secretary had ordered
through the video conferencing to cancel the ration cards of those holders who
had no 'ADHAR'. According to Indian Express, Saryu Rai said that he had
appealed to his officers not to cancel for the non-linking of 'ADHAR' with the
ration cards.
The chief minister, Raghubar
Das, had ordered to DC of Simdega, Manjunath Bhajantri, to investigate the
matter of child death by hunger. DC said on child’s hunger death that he had
visited the village Kalimati where the mother of deceased girl, Koiri Devi, was
not present, but the deceased girl’s elder mother, Tehri Nayak, told that
Santoshi was telling the pain in body and head.
Dr Narayan Singh, RMP, had advised after her diagnosis that she
had been suffering from Malaria. Aunt, Sumitee Devi had told that Santoshi was
downed by fever since last 15 days. DC told that the conversation with the kin
concluded that the girl died by illness, not by hunger.
Minister said the order of Chief Secretary is contempt of Supreme
Court order. Since the apex Court had said in its order that the government
cannot deprived anybody from the benefit of ration provided if no ‘ADHAR’ they have. He has also said that he
has not been reckoned in spite of being departmental minister.
11 years old Santoshi died
while facing the poverty in the remote block, Jaldega under Simdega. Santoshi
was the girl who belonged to very poor family; the poverty had pushed her into
the cattle grazing, while she had to leave her study. she was given the evening
food in lieu of goat grazing, but she was not going on her goat grazing work
because of her illness, which resulted her of no food even the period of these
evenings. The cereal was not given to her family since last 7 months. The
ration dealer had lost her ration card; and consequently no further ration card
was issued.
