Is Akhilesh Yadav listening? 34 kids have died in Muzaffarnagar, Shamli
LUCKNOW: The Akhilesh Yadav government has accepted that 34 children living in relief camps have died in riot-hit Muzaffarnagar and Shamli. The admission of deaths was based on a report by a panel, formed by the government to probe deaths in relief camps, headed by IAS officer Manjeet Singh.
These deaths took place between September 7 and December 20 when winter chill was increasing. While 12 children died in the camps, the remaining 22 died in hospitals or nursing homes where they were taken for medical care.
Principal Secretary home Anil Kumar Gupta said the committee found out 4,783 people, including about 500 children, were still living in relief camps set up after the August-September riots.
The conditions in relief camps had come into focus after many children dies due to harsh weather. The Supreme Court had taken serious note of the deaths in these camps and the state government had then formed the committee headed by Meerut Commissioner Manjeet Singh and CMOs in the concerned districts.
34 children died in the wake of Muzaffarnagar clashes, finds U.P. govt. panelUttar PradeshMuzaffarnagarcivil unrestreligious conflictunrest, conflicts and warriotsHe also said the government would take steps to instil confidence in the victims and ensure adequate police presence in their villages.
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IANS New Delhi, December 26, 2013 | UPDATED 20:09 IST
Mulayam Singh Yadav
"There are no riot victims at all in the (Muzaffarnagar) camps. You can check. These are people who are conspirators. BJP and Congress have conspired. They have asked people to stay there at night and sit on dharnas," the petitioner quoted Mulayam Singh as saying.
The petitioner, Shehzad Poonawala, a lawyer by training who has delivered over 3,000 blankets donated by people to the camps, listed 31 children who have died of cold at the relief camps.
He also listed the number of people in at least 13 camps in Muzaffarnagar and Shamli districts of western Uttar Pradesh.
"There are no riot victims at all in the (Muzaffarnagar) camps. You can check. These are people who are conspirators. BJP and Congress have conspired. They have asked people to stay there at night and sit on dharnas," the petitioner quoted Mulayam Singh as saying.
The petitioner, Shehzad Poonawala, a lawyer by training who has delivered over 3,000 blankets donated by people to the camps, listed 31 children who have died of cold at the relief camps.
He also listed the number of people in at least 13 camps in Muzaffarnagar and Shamli districts of western Uttar Pradesh.
The petitioner, Shehzad Poonawala, a lawyer by training who has delivered over 3,000 blankets donated by people to the camps, listed 31 children who have died of cold at the relief camps.
He also listed the number of people in at least 13 camps in Muzaffarnagar and Shamli districts of western Uttar Pradesh.
He also listed the number of people in at least 13 camps in Muzaffarnagar and Shamli districts of western Uttar Pradesh.
The inhabitants of the camps fled their homes after the riots in early September, and many of them are now unwilling to return to their villages.
The inhabitants of the camps fled their homes after the riots in early September, and many of them are now unwilling to return to their villages.
The petitioner has sought that besides taking action against the Samajwadi Party chief, the commission should also direct the state government to make an honest and accurate assessment of the people displaced in the riots, and provide ration and relief material to those in the camps.
Poonawala said that Minorities Commission chairperson Wajahat Habibullah has promised to take up the matter.
The inhabitants of the camps fled their homes after the riots in early September, and many of them are now unwilling to return to their villages.
The petitioner has sought that besides taking action against the Samajwadi Party chief, the commission should also direct the state government to make an honest and accurate assessment of the people displaced in the riots, and provide ration and relief material to those in the camps.
Poonawala said that Minorities Commission chairperson Wajahat Habibullah has promised to take up the matter.
The petitioner has sought that besides taking action against the Samajwadi Party chief, the commission should also direct the state government to make an honest and accurate assessment of the people displaced in the riots, and provide ration and relief material to those in the camps.
Poonawala said that Minorities Commission chairperson Wajahat Habibullah has promised to take up the matter.
Poonawala said that Minorities Commission chairperson Wajahat Habibullah has promised to take up the matter.
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These deaths took place between September 7 and December 20 when winter chill was increasing. While 12 children died in the camps, the remaining 22 died in hospitals or nursing homes where they were taken for medical care.
Principal Secretary home Anil Kumar Gupta said the committee found out 4,783 people, including about 500 children, were still living in relief camps set up after the August-September riots.
The conditions in relief camps had come into focus after many children dies due to harsh weather. The Supreme Court had taken serious note of the deaths in these camps and the state government had then formed the committee headed by Meerut Commissioner Manjeet Singh and CMOs in the concerned districts.
34 children died in the wake of Muzaffarnagar clashes, finds U.P. govt. panelUttar PradeshMuzaffarnagarcivil unrestreligious conflictunrest, conflicts and warriotsHe also said the government would take steps to instil confidence in the victims and ensure adequate police presence in their villages.
Uttar Pradesh government's report contradicts Mulayam Singh Yadav on MuzaffarnagarClick to Expand & PlayMulayam's remark on Muzaffarnagar riot camps taken to minorities panel
IANS New Delhi, December 26, 2013 | UPDATED 20:09 IST
Mulayam Singh Yadav"There are no riot victims at all in the (Muzaffarnagar) camps. You can check. These are people who are conspirators. BJP and Congress have conspired. They have asked people to stay there at night and sit on dharnas," the petitioner quoted Mulayam Singh as saying.
The petitioner, Shehzad Poonawala, a lawyer by training who has delivered over 3,000 blankets donated by people to the camps, listed 31 children who have died of cold at the relief camps.
He also listed the number of people in at least 13 camps in Muzaffarnagar and Shamli districts of western Uttar Pradesh.
"There are no riot victims at all in the (Muzaffarnagar) camps. You can check. These are people who are conspirators. BJP and Congress have conspired. They have asked people to stay there at night and sit on dharnas," the petitioner quoted Mulayam Singh as saying.
The petitioner, Shehzad Poonawala, a lawyer by training who has delivered over 3,000 blankets donated by people to the camps, listed 31 children who have died of cold at the relief camps.
He also listed the number of people in at least 13 camps in Muzaffarnagar and Shamli districts of western Uttar Pradesh.
The petitioner, Shehzad Poonawala, a lawyer by training who has delivered over 3,000 blankets donated by people to the camps, listed 31 children who have died of cold at the relief camps.
He also listed the number of people in at least 13 camps in Muzaffarnagar and Shamli districts of western Uttar Pradesh.
He also listed the number of people in at least 13 camps in Muzaffarnagar and Shamli districts of western Uttar Pradesh.
The inhabitants of the camps fled their homes after the riots in early September, and many of them are now unwilling to return to their villages.The inhabitants of the camps fled their homes after the riots in early September, and many of them are now unwilling to return to their villages.
The petitioner has sought that besides taking action against the Samajwadi Party chief, the commission should also direct the state government to make an honest and accurate assessment of the people displaced in the riots, and provide ration and relief material to those in the camps.
Poonawala said that Minorities Commission chairperson Wajahat Habibullah has promised to take up the matter.
The inhabitants of the camps fled their homes after the riots in early September, and many of them are now unwilling to return to their villages.
The petitioner has sought that besides taking action against the Samajwadi Party chief, the commission should also direct the state government to make an honest and accurate assessment of the people displaced in the riots, and provide ration and relief material to those in the camps.
Poonawala said that Minorities Commission chairperson Wajahat Habibullah has promised to take up the matter.
The petitioner has sought that besides taking action against the Samajwadi Party chief, the commission should also direct the state government to make an honest and accurate assessment of the people displaced in the riots, and provide ration and relief material to those in the camps.
Poonawala said that Minorities Commission chairperson Wajahat Habibullah has promised to take up the matter.
Poonawala said that Minorities Commission chairperson Wajahat Habibullah has promised to take up the matter.
Read more at:http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/mulayam-singh-yadav-muzaffarnagar-national-commission-for-minorities-riot-remark/1/333083.html
While Gupta accepted that four children died due to pneumonia, he said that many others died due to dysentry and other ailments. Gupta said the children got adequate medical care at the camps and therefore the deaths cannot be attributed to doctor's negligence. He also denied that any of the deaths were due to cold.
"Most of the children died after they were taken away to hospitals or nursing homes," Gupta said. He said that the committee had recommended certain steps to improve the conditions and facilities in the camps. He said that the government would also increase efforts to make those at the relief camps return to their homes and villages.
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Thirty-four children died in the aftermath of the Muzaffarnagar communal clashes, a panel constituted by the Uttar Pradesh government has found.
Of these, about a dozen deaths took place in the relief camps in Muzaffarnagar and Shamli. The other casualties took place either in the Primary Health Centres (PHCs), or in hospitals where the children had been referred for treatment. Four children died of pneumonia. The panel found that the deaths were due to various reasons, mostly health-related.
The committee was constituted to verify reports of child deaths in the camps and was headed by the Commissioner of Meerut Division, Manjit Singh.
It submitted its report to the government on Wednesday.
According to the Principal Secretary (Home) Anil Kumar Gupta, the committee found about 400 families belonging to villages in Baghpat and Meerut districts, where no clashes had taken place, being housed in the relief camps. “The reasons for them living in the relief camps are being assessed. If they are fearful, then steps would be taken to remove them,” Mr. Gupta said.
Suggestions
“The panel suggested that conditions in the relief camps be improved and steps be taken to enable the displaced persons return to their homes,” Mr. Gupta told journalists on Thursday.
Based on the committee’s findings, an action plan will be formulated for improving the facilities in the relief camps and creating a fear-free environment.
The communal violence which broke out on September 7 claimed 65 lives. It left 85 others injured and rendered 51,000 people, mostly Muslims, homeless. A total of 4,783 persons are still holed up in five relief camps in Muzaffarnagar and Shamli districts, with 1,910 of them in Loi relief camp alone. Another 1,950 are in Malakpur.
‘Deaths outside camps’
Mr. Gupta said the panel concluded that a majority of child deaths had taken place outside the relief camps. “About 10-12 children below the age of 15 years died in the relief camps and four kids succumbed to pneumonia,” Mr. Gupta added.
Denying that there was medical negligence on the part of the doctors in the relief camps, Mr. Gupta said serious cases were referred to PHCs and district hospitals. In 39 cases, primary treatment was given in the relief camps. Mr. Gupta claimed that the medical facilities at the relief camps have improved.
All India | Reported by Anant Zanane, Edited by Mala Das | Updated: December 27, 2013 08:39 IST
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Lucknow: Amid a raging controversy over child deaths in the relief camps for people displaced by the Muzaffarnagar riots in September, the Uttar Pradesh government has admitted for the first time that 34 children below the age of 15 died in the aftermath of the clashes.
This was concluded by a fact-finding committee of the state government, which has contradicted Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and his father, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, by saying that over 2,500 riot-affected people are still living in relief camps.
Mulayam Singh Yadav had controversially said earlier this week that there were no riot victims in the camps, only conspirators and political activists planted by the BJP and the Congress.
"There are only displaced people in the camps," said AK Gupta, UP Principal Secretary, Home, while announcing the findings of the committee.
Mr Yadav's comments were slammed as insensitive at a time child deaths were reported from the relief camps, where several families are surviving the bitter winter with only plastic sheets as roofs.
Media reports had said that 39 children had died in the relief camps due to poor facilities and the government's negligence.
The government's fact-finding committee, however, says of the 34 child deaths between September 7 and December 20, only 10-12 took place in relief camps of which four were due to pneumonia. The rest died at private or government hospitals where their parents took them, it said.
The committee said there was no medical negligence and that no one died of severe cold or any epidemic in the camps. But it has also recommended that the government should improve the facilities in these camps.
"People also have to be convinced to return home to their villages and assured that their needs of safety and security will be taken care of," the committee said.
The National Commission for Minorities on Thursday admitted a petition seeking action against Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh for saying that not one of the Muzaffarnagar riot victims now lives in any relief camp.
The petitioner cited remarks made by Mulayam Singh while addressing a party gathering in Uttar Pradesh capital Lucknow on December 23, on the occasion of the birth anniversary of late prime minister Chaudhary Charan Singh.
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