75 Years’ Of Wait For Basic Amenities Continues: Tribal Girl Loses Battle For Life For The Want Of Road
Chennai
As India entered its 75th year of Independence from the Britishers, many parts of the country especially tribal areas are still facing hardships for the want of basic facilities as roads, water, electricity etc.
But this wait sometimes costs innocent people their lives as was the case with 18-month-old Tanishka whose parents couldn’t get her medical treatment on time for the want of a motorable road.
On the night of 26 May, Tanishka was bitten by a snake and her parents, Viji and Priya started their 6 km long walk to a motorable road from where their neighbour carried her on the bike to a nearby hospital.
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However, the around 2-hour walk proved fatal for the toddler as she died before reaching the hospital with her parents and neighbours blaming her death on the poor road.
What anguished the parents and residents of Alleri village in Vellore district of Tamilnadu was that the ambulance sent to carry the toddler’s dead body stopped again 6 km away from their residence.
This meant the wailing parents again had to carry the toddler’s dead body in their arms on the arduous 2-hour journey while blaming authorities for the apathy met to their demands of a motorable road.
But this Vellore incident is not a single incident in India as many tribal hamlets and hilly terrains across the country are still deprived of roads and other basic amenities.
Getting timely treatment is still a distant dream for residents of these regions as the governments’ apathy coupled with environmental concerns deprive them of a decent and honourable lifestyle.
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Many times, pregnant women, aged or serious patients are carried on makeshift statures to hospitals and some unfortunate as Tanishka loses battle for life before they could avail medical facilities.
This should be a wake-up call for governments whether Central or State, to at least ensure basic facilities to such deprived populations before making tall claims of working for Modern or Digital India.
