Volume No 17 Issue No 10 April 3, 2017 LAB JOURNAL OF THE ASIAN COLLEGE OF JOURNALISM Decriminalising EMA bans drugs Football inspires Suicide tested in India children Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 A\ SMITABHA MANNA yet to be taken to maintain solid radius of the Government Jayalalithaa's pending initiatives Rs 360 crore started by Amma,'' RK Nwaste magnagemenat,'' sayrs T. suffers desPeriphperal iHotspitale in foprward. Orne briodge and am flyover siays sKannane, a shops owner in Unkept promises and neglect of Naveenkumar, a resident of Tondiarpet.'' project connecting Coronation Tondiarpet. severe health issues plague the RK Korukkupet and an advocate with Korukkupet residents are also Nagar to Ezhil Nagar worth Rs 117 Kannan like many others is a Nagar constituency where some 60 the High Court. receiving similar muddy and crore is in limbo after her demise. worried resident because there is candidates are in the fray for the The residents are left gasping for brackish water for drinking and The project is crucial as in the no water sometimes for weeks and April 12 by-election. breath when smoke from burning household purposes since January absence of an over-bridge or a there is improper management of The Kodungaiyur dumpyard, a garbage and medical waste fills the and are plagued by cholera as subway the road near Korukkupet Amma Unvagams. He adds that 110-acre garbage disposal area is area. A canal to divert the sewage well as malaria infections. railway station gets congested and Amma canteens have stopped an environmental concern for the and waste from the dump yard that Primary health care is not traffic is stalled for hours. Two rail working because hike in food residents because of the pungent was promised to be built five years available to the residents in the gates in Korrukupet are at the prices. stench, clogged drains and ago remains unfulfilled, according nearby Chinna Stanley Hospital, centre of traffic congestion and its “As residents, we can only hope mosquitoes. to Naveenkumar. a branch of Stanley Hospital, as takes considerable amount of time that the suffering from traffic ''Medical wastes are dumped Yuvraj, a resident of Tondiarpet the doctors are absent on most for commuters at office hours to congestion due to rallies and here on a regular basis that raises and labourer, says ''Several cholera days. cross to Tondiarpet. political meetings bear fruit and questions of sanitation and health. cases due to supply of black The residents hope that after ''The new government should basic amenities like sanitation, The government has turned a blind drinking water were registered the election, the ruling party will complete the housing development water and food are provided like eye towards us and decisions are since December, within a 3 km Kodungaiyur dumpyard in smoke. | THE ALTERNATIVE take the late AIADMK leader project in the 42nd division worth before,” says Kannan. Mental disorder 377 Sri Lankan refugees return home CHANDAN K. MANDAL kan refugees started returning to The UNHCR India has been fa - highest in Metros their native land with the help of cilitating the voluntary repatriation More than 300 Sri Lankan refu - UNHCR. by providing free air tickets for Sri gees have returned home in the first As many as 818 refugees went Lankan refugee returning after exit three months of this year indicating back in 2009. The number doubled permits have been obtained, con - an increase in such numbers over up in 2010 as 2,040 refugees chose ducting pre-departure orientation the years . ---- voluntary repatriation. Then, 1,673 and providing a small cash grant of According to the United Nations and 1,264 refugees decided to re - INR 750 for domestic travel to the High Commissioner for Refugees turn in 2011 and 2012 respectively. closest airport from their camps. (UNHCR) Field Office in Chennai, The number of refugees going back Upon their arrival in Sri Lanka, a total of 377 Sri Lankan refugees fell further down to 711 and 396 in the refugees are provided different living in different camps of Tamil following two years. kinds of assistance. Nadu have voluntarily returned However, the number swelled up A reintegration grant of Sri Lan - their home country till March 28. in last two years of 2015 and 2016 kan Rupees10,000 per adult and Sri Satchitanand Michael, Associate in which total 1,304 Sri Lankan Refugees received by UNHCR officer at Colombo |UNHCR Lankan Rupees 7500 per minor Repatriation Officer at UNHCR went back to Sri Lanka. was deposited into a bank account Chennai, said, "The UNHCR has "While facilitating their volun - in collaboration with Bank of Cey - seen an increase in repatriation tary return, we make sure they re - convinced the refugees to return to tively on their inclination to re - lon, said Michael. a transportation numbers in recent years due to the turn back to their home in their homeland. turn." grant of Sri Lankan Rupees 2500 57 million people in India suffer from depression | APA.ORG prevailing conditions in Sri Lanka condition of safety and dignity," "The return of the land occupied Michael, however, admitted that was given to each individual ena - JOSEPH SEBASTIAN is perceived to be safe and peace - said Michael. by the Sri Lankan military in Jaffna the issues of housing and liveli - bling him or her to return home in ful." According to Michael, along and Trincomalee in the year has in - hood for returnees remained a a safe and dignified mode of trans - Metros see the highest cases of in hush tones whenever they Since the three decade long with the end of war, improved sa - duced more people to return to major concern despite people floc - port and rehabilitate lives from the mental disorder in the country discuss mental health issues. civil-war ended in 2009, Sri Lan - fety conditions in Sri Lanka had those areas as it had impacted posi - king back to their homeland. start. and 1 in 20 suffer from “My parents were depression, according to National uncomfortable with the fact that I Mental Health Survey (NMHS) told my cousins that I was seeing 2015-16. a counsellor for my depression With the youth migrating to when I was in class 12,” said cities in search of jobs, they often Siddharth, a Master’s student Chennai split over Aadhaar Police disrupt lose touch with their support from Delhi University. ASMITA NANDY information is stored with the safe side.” system back at home and end up Tamil Nadu State Mental Health Facebook and other applications. On being asked if he had some in isolation. Authority held a World Mental Even after the Supreme Court So if the Government wants it can trouble with the process of protests over “Today in software companies Health Day celebration in ordered that the Government application, he said, “Initially they you never know when you might October last year. It highlighted cannot make Aadhaar Card After all these told us that the application can be be asked to leave. You enter the that superstitious belief and social mandatory for welfare schemes on done from any office in the city, but office in the morning and you stigma about mental illness were March 27, the Chennai Corporation years, why do when we went to the Guindy office DUoRGAi PlRA SeAD xploShiprpinga P. Ratdhaikrioshnann met the might be asked to leave by still common in society. office at Adyar has a long queue of this morning, despite it not having a people to stop their protesting. twelve,” said Dr. Ravi Samuel, a “Even today, some have a belief applicants waiting for their turn to we need a code to queue, they told us to apply from The Chennai Police removed C. Vijaya Bhaskar promised the psychotherapist, about the that mental illnesses are caused get their unique code that identify us as the office near our residence. students’ protesters from the people that the state government reasons for the growing number by Black magic and witchcraft. recognizes them as citizens of Sometimes, even if the process is Marina Beach where they had would not support the project of stressed individuals. Because of shyness, ignorance, India. Indian citizens?” easy, the officials make it very gathered to protest against the without people’s acceptance. Dr. Samuel explained that cause poverty, fear and false belief, Aadhaar identification is still complicated for us.” Central Government signing the Radhakrishnan promised to of depression could range from family members take the patient necessary for non-welfare schemes misuse the information even Maheshwari said, “The problem contract for oil exploration in arrange a meeting between the bad grades in school, separation to magicians,” it said. like opening of bank accounts, without an Aadhaar card.” with Aadhaar is that it lacks clarity. Neduvasal, an agriculture village in protesters and Union petroleum from a partner, job stress or even However, with the advancement filing tax returns, and applying for Ahead in the queue, three It is very similar to the Social Pudukkottai District. minister Dharmendra Pradhan. death of a pet. of treatment and diagnostic PAN cards. women were engaged in a debate Security Number in the West but As soon as the Central Following this the protesters “I see the higher number of methods as well as celebrities Anirudh Krishna (27), an about the necessity of Aadhaar the difference is that most of the Government signed 31 contracts temporarily called off the protest in cases which stem from failure in across the globe addressing the investment advisor, waiting in the card. While Jayalakshmi (82) and information here is taken manually awarding Neduvasal. romantic relationships and issue, more people have become queuefor the last 90 minutessaid, Revathi (72) feel the government on a paper that makes it easier for Discovered On March 22, academics,” added Dr.