SHRC takes up case over waterlogged house
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Elderly siblings found living in dingy surroundings
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Elderly siblings found living in dingy surroundings
The Kerala State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has taken up the case of 69-year-old Prabhakaran and his differently abled brother who live in a house, the courtyard of which is completely waterlogged and filled with garbage.
Acting on a complaint filed by human rights activist K.P. Sathyakrishnan, the commission directed the Kozhikode Revenue Divisional Officer (RDO) and the Kozhikode Corporation Secretary to investigate the complaint and submit a report within 15 days.
Prabhakaran and his brother live in a house that is nearly a century old at East Nadakkavu in Kozhikode on Wayanad Road. The house is situated in a low-lying area. In fact, it happened after multi-storey buildings came up around the house over the years, and water from them drains into Prabhakaran’s courtyard whenever it rains.
The Wayanad district administration has appointed nodal officers in the three taluks in the district to execute control measures in tribal hamlets to contain the spread of COVID-19.District Collector
A tahsildar-rank official in the district who was executing measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 has died of the viral infection. The official, Suresh Kannan had been working as the Personal Assist
Divyadarshini assumes charge as Dharmapuri Collector
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Share Article S. Divyadarshini assumed charge as the Collector of Dharmapuri on Wednesday.
She was earlier the Collector of Tiruchi.
Ms. Divyadarshini belongs to 2011 batch of Indian Administrative Services and topped the Civil Services Exams that year. She replaces S.P. Karthika, who was shifted as Tiruchi Collector.
Ms. Divyadarshini had started her civil services career as the Assistant Collector of Coimbatore in 2012-13, before she was posted as Sub Collector of Mayiladuthurai in Nagapattinam district between 2013-15. She also held positions as Deputy Home Secretary, and Public Works Department Secretary.
She was also posted as the first Collector of the newly created Ranipet district.
No dignity after death: Dogs feast on half-burnt bodies of Covid patients at Odisha s cremation center
Cremation of Covid victims has been a concern but sight of stray dogs feeding on half-burnt bodies at the Bijakhaman cremation has left locals disturbed.
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BALANGIR: Cremation of Covid victims has been a concern but sight of stray dogs feeding on half-burnt bodies at the Bijakhaman cremation has left locals disturbed. As the pictures went viral, people approached the Sub Collector and urged him to look into the matter immediately.
For those who cremate their Covid-infected kin to see their semi-burnt body parts being dragged by dogs is traumatic, they said. If sources are to be believed, most of the bodies are left half burnt at the crematorium here allegedly due to lack of sufficient firewood and supervision by municipal authorities. The administration is reportedly paying Rs 7,500 for cremating each body.