RIGHTS BODY CONCERNED OVER N’PADA WOMEN, KIDS’ HEALTH

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Thursday, 17 September 2015 | AJIT PANDA | NUAPADA | in Bhubaneswar

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Acting upon an urgent appeal of the Hong Kong-based Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), the Government of Odisha has directed Women & Child Development and Health & Family Welfare Departments to comply with a report on the health situation of women and children of people of Sunabeda plateau located in Komna block of Nuapada district.
Basing on a news report of The Pioneer of August 1 this year, the AHRC had published an urgent appeal in its web portal and at the same time had sent letters to concerned departments of the Governments of India and Odisha requesting functionaliaation of the necessary health care facilities and to ensure that the women of Nuapada district get benefits of all welfare schemes in a fair and just manner.
The AHRC had claimed that due to absence of transport facility and absence of health personnel, most of the pregnant women were forced to deliver children at home and provision of the Mamata scheme, where a support of Rs 5,000 is given to women in different phases, eludes them.
It is learnt that the W&CD Department has already prepared compliance as regards implementation of the Mamata scheme. The Social Welfare Department has already submitted the report to the H&FW Department. Director of Social Welfare RP Singh has sent the letter to the Additional Secretary of the Health & Family Welfare Department to inquire into other issues raised by the AHRC and to take necessary action.
The situation at villages of the Sunabeda plateau, however, remains the same. “The hospital is locked and the ambulance service has not yet been restored,” say villagers. 

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