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BHUBANESWAR | Thursday, March 25, 2010 | Email | Print |  Distressed woman awaits Govt aid in Balangir Pioneer News Service | Balangir Even as the special rapporteur of NHRC completed his inquiry into the alleged hunger and starvation deaths of five members of Jhintu Bariha family of Chhbaripali village, reports of various old age persons in distressed condition awaiting Government assistance are pouring in. According to reports, Dargen Bhoi (40) of Kadobeda village in Ghunesh panchyat in Tureikela block is in distress condition and desperately need help. “We stumbled upon the extremely distressed condition of Dargen while we had gone there to conduct inquiry into the farm pond scam in Kadopada village in Ghunesh panchayat of Tureikela block,” said convener of Samuhik Marudi Pratikar Udyam Bharam Sahu. Although she is around 40 years she is looking more than 50 years and has been deserted by her husband, lying in extremely neglected state in the village. “We appraised the situation to BDO Tureikela who assured to take necessary remedial measures,” added Sahu. What could be more unfortunate for distressed people like Durgen Bhoi in rural areas who are struggling to manage their life with extreme difficulty and desperately waiting Government assistance on one side, yet officials are indulging in corrupt activities in digging of farm ponds for the development of the poor people. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
BHUBANESWAR | Thursday, March 18, 2010 | Email |Print | NHRC Rapporteur probes Balangir hunger deaths Pioneer News Service | Balangir Special Rapporteur of National Human Rights Commission Damodar Sarangi on Tuesday visited Chhabripali in Buromal village of Bhanpur panchyat in Khaprakhol block, around 80 km from here, to inquire into the alleged starvation deaths of five members of Jhintu Bariha family between September to November 2009. According to reports, three members of Jhintu Bariha family, ten-month old Gundru Bariha and three-year-old Siba Prasad Bariha died due to severe malnourishment. Two days later, on September 9, 2009, they were followed by their 35-year-old mother, Bimla Bariha. The father, Jhintu Bariha, and the elder son Ramprasad (7), received medical attention. After the deaths of three person of his family, Jhintu Bariha was given an assistance of Rs 10,000 from the district administration. Although the district administration claimed these three died due to malaria nobody can conclusively say how they were died as no postmortem or any other medical examination was done. He was also given Rs 10,000 assistance out of which majority was spent on perfuming g funeral rites and other socialsation process. Jhintu Bariah’s family consists of five members and he was landless without having any BPL card and other facilities. Due to electric shock one of the hands was incapacitated and he was confined to his home. According to reports, after returning from migration his family was virtually without food for several days. The ration supplied from Angawadi centre was too inadequate and as the entire family members were without food the dry ration, rather than cooked food supplied from Angawandi centre was finished early. Ironically, during the crucial rainy season the Anganwadi centre did not supply any food stuff and the prolonged absence of food aggravated malnutrition to hunger deaths. The nutritional status of the children was grade B’ by June worsened further. Children started suffering from fever and on September 6 the first died and followed by another and few days later her mother died. |
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