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NHRC notice to UP government over bridge collapse
ANI | Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India] Last Updated at November 28, 2018 21:50 IST
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sent a notice to Uttar Pradesh government after an under -construction bridge, being built by the Public Works Department (PWD), collapsed in Kotwali area here on Tuesday.
Issuing notice to Secretary, PWD, and Chief Secretary, Government of Uttar Pradesh, the NHRC has sought a detailed report in the matter. The incident claimed the lives of two labourers while another one was gravely injured.
NHRC noted that the police and administrative officers have held the contractor resp onsible for negligence. However, the NHRC also observed that PWD administration had failed to provide protective gears to the labourers working at the site and also violate d the standard operating procedures.
The construction of the bridge was assigned to the PWD by the local civic authorities. The construction work had been under construction for the last two months.
NHRC notice to UP govt over death of two workers at bridge construction site
PTI November 28, 2018 19:37 IST
New Delhi, Nov 28 (PTI) The National Human Rights Commission has issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh government over reported death of two workers at an site of an under-construction bridge in Saharanpur district.
The workers belonged to Maisroli village in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal district.
The commission has observed that the content of the reports, if true, raise a serious issue of violation of human rights of the victims.
"The NHRC has taken suo motu cognisance of media reports that an iron net of an under-construction bridge of the Public Works Department (PWD) fell down leading to the death of two workers on the spot and injuries to another in City Kotwali area of Saharanpur," the rights panel said in a statement.
It has issued notices to the Uttar Pradesh chief secretary and the PWD secretary seeking a detailed report.
The chief secretary has also been asked to inform about the steps taken or proposed to deal with such incidents in the state, the NHRC said. "The police and administrative officers found the contractor responsible for negligence and had ordered an independent enquiry," the statement said.
The commission has also observed that the labourers working at a construction site are entitled to protective gears which the administration had, apparently, "failed to provide".
"It is also not clear as to whether there was compliance with standard operating procedures. In a welfare country like India, the state has a responsibility to remain vigilant to prevent such unfortunate incident by taking proper measures, which appears to have been lacking in this case," the NHRC statement said.
According to media reports on Wednesday, under the Smart City programme, a new bridge was under construction in place of a Khumran bridge and the work had been assigned to the PWD by the local civic authorities, it said.
The construction activities were in progress for the last two months. All the victims were the residents of village Maisroli of Sambhal district of the state.
NHRC notice to Guj govt, police chief over 'drunken' doctor performing C-section
Press Trust of India | New Delhi Last Updated at November 28, 2018 21:11 IST
The NHRC has issued notices to the Gujarat government and the state's police chief over reports that a "drunken" d octor allegedly performed a C -section on a woman, leading to the death of both the mother and her baby at a government hospital in Botad.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in a statement issued Wednesday observed that doctors are expected to always maintain high standards of professionalism and devotio n to duty, but in the instant case, it appears that the doctor showed "carelessness and criminal negligence" by performing a Caesarean in an inebriated condition.
"The NHRC has taken suo motu cognisance of media reports that a drunken doctor performed a C-section on a woman in an advance stage of pregnancy leading to the death of both the mother and her child at the government -run Sonawala hospital in Botad on November 26," it said.
The rights panel has issued notices to the chief secretary and the director general of police of Gujarat, seeking a d etailed report as well as the status of the criminal case registered against the doctor concerned in four weeks.
The commission has observed that the incident, if true, amounts to gross violation of human rights of the victims.
"According to the media repo rts, carried Wednesday, the police have arrested the alleged erring doctor on the complaint of the victims' relatives. His blood sample has been sent for testing as, at the time of his arrest, he was found drunk," it said.