Poisonous water coming out from Ghazipur Agro Plant is making children of 42 villages disabled, Jal Jeevan Mission is a fraud, people are forced to drink polluted hand pump water.
Ghazipur. The main objective of Jal Jeevan Mission is to provide safe and adequate drinking water to the rural families of the country through individual tap connections, so that their health and standard of living can be improved. Also empowering women and children by reducing hours of water fetching, allowing them to focus on education and other economic activities.
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Chemicals coming out of Agro and Energy plants are discharged into the canal, about 42 villages within a radius of five kilometers are affected by the poisonous water.
Contrary to the claims of this mission, a big agro and energy plant has been set up in Ghazipur district of UP. The water containing chemicals coming out from the agro plant is drained into the canal. People of about 42 villages within a radius of about five kilometers are being affected by this poisonous water. Villagers said that since the establishment of the plot in 2007, cases of fever and physical disability have increased. Villagers say that three lakh liters of groundwater is used daily to run the plant. After this, chemically treated water is discharged into the canal, due to which the ground water is being polluted. People of the affected villages drink water from hand pumps. The pipeline of tap water scheme has been laid in every house, but water does not come.
Make arrangements for food on June 2 or raise money for better treatment of your loved ones.
The story of the families and children and youth affected by the mysterious fever in the villages of Ghazipur is the same. Families living as laborers are faced with the dilemma of either arranging two meals a day or raising funds for better treatment of their loved ones. Mysterious fever was reported by the parents of the children in Ghazipur. The children were physically and mentally healthy but were disabled. According to all the affected children at the time of birth, after some time passed i.e. some at four months, some at two years and some at the age of 5 years suddenly got high fever. As the fever subsided, he started having frequent tremors and then he became mentally and physically disabled. Due to lack of physical control, parents are forced to keep their children tied with ropes and chains. Shubhawati Devi of Hariharpur village says that her daughters Priya and Paridhi became disabled after contracting fever 5-6 months after their birth. Both their hands and legs have become crooked. Priya had once jumped from the roof, so now she has to be kept tied down. Raju Chauhan, father of Priya and Paridhi, who works as a laborer in Gujarat, kept filling the pockets of private doctors for the treatment of his daughters. There was assurance that the condition would be cured with long treatment, but it took five years. Did not get relief.
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A serious matter exposed through a handful of grains campaign
This serious matter came to light when social worker Siddharth Rai started Ek Mutthi Anaj campaign from September. Siddharth Rai and his team have so far prepared the complete horoscope of the family in exchange for a handful of grains from each house of 42 villages. How many people in which family and who is sick? Whether benefited from government schemes or not? While gathering all these details, he saw children and youth tied with ropes and chains and took detailed information from the family members. After this, he wrote a letter to UP Governor Anandiben Patel and informed her about the mysterious fever. Taking the matter seriously, the Governor directed the DM to get it examined by a team of expert doctors.
After the intervention of Raj Bhavan, health department teams and ambulances have started running in the villages.
There is helplessness in the eyes of the parents. They say that the children were born completely healthy. After a few months, fever came and he became like this. Even after getting treatment for many years, there was no improvement, nor were the doctors able to tell anything clearly. There are many such cases in a dozen villages of Ghazipur including Manihar, Sadar, Bahadipur, Fatehullahpur, Hariharpur, Hui Dharikala, Tardih, Rathauli Sarai, Khutahan, Bhaurhara, Budhanpur. After the matter was raised prominently by social worker Siddharth Rai and the intervention of Raj Bhavan, health department teams and ambulances have started running in the villages. A list of 46 children suffering from mental and physical disability, continuous tremors after fever, has been handed over to the administration. Villagers say that there are more than 100 such children. 40 children have been treated in BHU, but no relief has been received yet.
newbies This area has become a crisis for children, due to the negligence of the administration, it is becoming a burden on the parents.
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Gayatri Devi of Bahadipur village is shocked to see the helpless condition of her daughter Saloni Bind (18). She tells that till the age of five, Saloni used to go to school along with playing with the village children. When she suddenly catches fever, she misses school and is unable to hear or understand anything. She sits with her head bowed on a platform inside or outside the house. Saloni’s sister Ramita (13) caught such fever at the age of three that her legs and arms became crooked. Satyendra Chauhan’s daughter Poonam (8) also studied in the primary school of the village. Seven-eight months ago, when she had fever, she remained unconscious for several days during treatment in the hospital. After regaining consciousness she could not stand on her feet. When her grandmother Usha Devi supports her, she is able to move in and out of the house. One and a half year old Ayaansh got fever a few days after birth and his condition is such that he cannot sit. The neck remains hanging. Rahul, Manoj, Jyoti, Anshu Yadav, Arjun, Akash, Ambika, Piyush of the affected village have also become disabled.
Know what those responsible say about this mysterious fever?
CMO Ghazipur Dr. SK Pandey said that patients were examined by setting up camps in 11 villages. Disability due to suspected fever has not been revealed. Metal and neurological disorders were found in the patients. The reasons behind this could be genetics, lack of oxygen in the brain at the time of birth, lungs not functioning properly and the mother taking prohibited medicines for fever without medical consultation during pregnancy. At the same time, there are some epilepsy patients whose family members are not getting them treated.
DM Ghazipur Avinash Kumar said that preliminary investigation has revealed that this may have happened due to fever during pregnancy or high viral fever. All the victims will be provided better treatment.
Principal Secretary Health Amit Ghosh said that a report has been sought from the CMO. Further action will be decided after the report comes.
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