Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner KV Rajendra directed the officials to issue disability and smart cards to all recognized Endosulfan victims in the district within a month.
Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner KV Rajendra on Monday directed officials to issue disability and smart cards to all recognized Endosulfan victims in the district within a month.
Reviewing the welfare measures implemented for the 4,432 Endosulfan victims identified in Dakshina Kannada, Dr Rajendra directed the District Disability Welfare Officer to engage multipurpose rehabilitation workers and multipurpose rehabilitation workers for the drive to issue disability cards to persons with disabilities including Endosulfan victims. Involve village rehabilitation workers.
“Tehsildar should also join this campaign. Make a village wise list of Endosulfan victims and ensure that all the victims get the disability card within a month. In case the victims are facing difficulty in reaching the office due to disability, send the technical team to their homes and complete the necessary formalities for issuance of cards.
When Sridhar Gowda, president of Endo Viruti Horata Committee, pointed out the delay in issuance of smart cards by the health department to some victims of Belthangadi, Dr. instructed. as soon as possible. “I don’t want to hear any excuse. When I hold the next review meeting on the issue on February 17, the process should be completed.
District Endosulfan Nodal Officer Navinchandra Kulal said that the state government is giving monthly stipend to 3606 victims who have more than 25 per cent disability. While 2,685 victims, whose disability is more than 60%, are eligible for a monthly stipend of ₹4,000, 921 victims, whose disability is between 25 and 60%, are eligible for a monthly stipend of ₹2,000.
Dr. Kulal said that 3,599 victims are getting regular stipend while seven victims are not getting it due to technical reasons. Dr. Rajendra asked the District Treasury Officer to solve the problem at the earliest to ensure speedy payment of monthly honorarium.
For a complaint that a vehicle of a daycare center at Kokkada in Belthangady taluk, which is managed by the district administration, was not picking up six endosulfan-affected physically challenged children for the past four months, Dr Rajendra urged the authorities to provide services. ordered to cancel. Start the said vehicle and a new vehicle from Tuesday. He also directed the officials to procure adult diapers for the use of the victims visiting the day care centre.
When Peer Mohammed, two parents of endosulfan victims and an endosulfan worker, complained about services at the daycare center in Koila, which is managed by Seen Ashram, Dr Rajendra called District Health and Family Welfare Officer M Kishore Kumar and Puttur Directed Assistant Commissioner Yatish Ullal to investigate the allegations. “See whether the ashram can be allowed to continue for the remaining six months of its tenure or changes will have to be made,” he said.
Dr. Rajendra asked the officials to utilize the funds available under the development schemes for the construction of the campus wall and other infrastructure needs of the Skill Development-cum-Day Care Center at Ujire.
He said that the buildings of three more day care centers at Kaniyur, Vitla and Panaje are ready and he is writing to the state government to give maintenance money for running these centres. Dr. Rajendra said that the construction work of the building for the day care center in Bellary has not been taken up yet.
When activist Rabindranath Shanbhag noted the need for nutritious food for endosulfan victims, Dr Rajendra said he would propose to the government to issue “pusti” meal kits to the victims.
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