A student succumbed to snakebite at BC Welfare Boys Hostel at Birkur in Kamareddy district
A student succumbed to snakebite at BC Welfare Boys Hostel at Birkur in Kamareddy district
Sixteen backward class unions have alleged that the government is neglecting welfare hostels and residential schools in the state, leading to an increase in the incidence of food poisoning and lack of proper maintenance due to ill and unhygienic conditions of the prisoners, resulting in There has also been a snakebite.
A student died of a snake bite on Saturday at the BC Welfare Boys Hostel at Birkur in Kamareddy district. Hundreds of hostel inmates were hospitalized in recent weeks due to food poisoning and unhygienic conditions, making them ill with fever and other health problems.
In a statement issued here on Saturday, National BC Welfare Association President R. Krishnaiah, Convener G. Krishna, working president LK Prasad, N. Venkatesh, V. Ramakrishna, A. Ramkoti, C. Rajendra, TR Chander, T. Rajkumar, G. Mallesh Yadav, G. Anantaiah, S. Ashok and others of various BC bodies said such incidents have also happened in Adilabad, Karimnagar, Nizamabad, Khammam and Warangal.
He called Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao to hold a high level review meeting on the conditions of welfare hostels and residential schools and take remedial measures to prevent the situation from getting worse. Lack of basic amenities in rented buildings, many of them not having proper window panes, mosquito nets, bathrooms, toilets lead to unhygienic conditions and prisoners fall ill.
A total of about 2.7 lakh students were housed in 2,144 SC, ST and BC hostels and another 6.5 lakh students in 874 SC, ST, BC and minority residential schools and it was the responsibility of the government to provide them with quality boarding facilities, nutritious food and food. Sanitary status and periodic health checks, suggested BC bodies.