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  • Maharashtra: Ailing infant dies as parents reach hospital late due to lack of road in village 

    By PTI

    PALGHAR: A two-month-old ailing girl from a hamlet in predominantly tribal Vikramgad taluka of Palghar district died as her parents could not reach the nearest primary health centre (PHC) on time due to lack of a proper road in the area, her family said.

    A video of family members with the child in their arms crossing a river to reach the PHC has gone viral on social media.

    When contacted, Vikramgad taluka medical officer Dr Sandeep Nimbalkar said the child died on Wednesday due to pneumonia.

    The child from Mhasepada village fell ill a couple of days ago and her parents decided to take her to the nearest PHC at Malwada.

    As there is no approach road to the village, which has a population of around 150 people, the parents had to take a circuitous route in heavy rains to reach the health centre.

    Wooden planks were placed for them to cross the river.

    However, they got delayed and before they could reach the PHC, the child died on the way, her father Naresh Chavan said.

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    Villagers said they have been demanding a bridge over the river for a long time, but nothing has happened so far.

    ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist) worker of the village, Mamta Diva, told reporters at the PHC that since 2013, local residents have been demanding construction of an approach road to the hamlet.

    The hamlet is situated near two rivers – Gargai and Pinjal — and remains largely cut off from the rest of the district during the monsoon months.

    PALGHAR: A two-month-old ailing girl from a hamlet in predominantly tribal Vikramgad taluka of Palghar district died as her parents could not reach the nearest primary health centre (PHC) on time due to lack of a proper road in the area, her family said.

    A video of family members with the child in their arms crossing a river to reach the PHC has gone viral on social media.

    When contacted, Vikramgad taluka medical officer Dr Sandeep Nimbalkar said the child died on Wednesday due to pneumonia.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });

    The child from Mhasepada village fell ill a couple of days ago and her parents decided to take her to the nearest PHC at Malwada.

    As there is no approach road to the village, which has a population of around 150 people, the parents had to take a circuitous route in heavy rains to reach the health centre.

    Wooden planks were placed for them to cross the river.

    However, they got delayed and before they could reach the PHC, the child died on the way, her father Naresh Chavan said.

    ALSO READ | Uttar Pradesh: Newborn dies after delivery in government hospital toilet, probe ordered 

    Villagers said they have been demanding a bridge over the river for a long time, but nothing has happened so far.

    ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist) worker of the village, Mamta Diva, told reporters at the PHC that since 2013, local residents have been demanding construction of an approach road to the hamlet.

    The hamlet is situated near two rivers – Gargai and Pinjal — and remains largely cut off from the rest of the district during the monsoon months.

  • Mild tremor felt in Maharashtra’s Palghar district, no casualty

    By PTI

    PALGHAR: A tremor of 2.9 magnitude was recorded in Maharashtra’s Palghar district on Thursday morning, an official said. District disaster control chief Vivekanand Kadam said that there was no report of any casualty or damage to property.

    The tremor was felt in Palghar at 8.46 am, he said. Parts of Palghar district, located around 110 km from Mumbai, have been experiencing such tremors since November 2018.

  • Eight-year-old tribal girl hacked to death in Maharashtra’s Palghar; hunt on for culprit

    By PTI

    PALGHAR: An eight-year-old tribal girl was hacked to death allegedly by a man believed to be her relative in Maharashtra’s Palghar district, police said on Tuesday.

    The incident took place around 1:30 pm on Monday near a zilla parishad school in Dahanu taluka following which the 46-year-old accused ran away, an official from the district rural police control room said, adding efforts were on to nab him.

    It was not yet known whether the child was sexually abused and what was the motive behind the killing, he said, adding that the postmortem report was awaited. The accused allegedly attacked the girl with a sickle, injuring her seriously, the official said.

    He said that a passerby saw the child being attacked and tried to save her, but the accused hit him also with the sickle and then fled from the spot. “After being alerted, police reached the spot and rushed the girl to a nearby hospital where doctors declared her brought dead,” the official said.

    The body was subsequently sent for postmortem. The man who had tried to save the girl was injured in the attack by the accused and was admitted to a hospital, the official said. The Dahanu police registered a case against the accused under Indian Penal Code Sections 302 (murder) and 307 (attempt to murder), he said. Efforts were on to trace him, he added.

  • MSRTC driver and conductor attack elderly couple at bus depot, suspended

    By PTI
    MUMBAI: A driver and a woman conductor of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) have been suspended from service for allegedly roughing up an elderly couple at a bus depot in Palghar district neighbouring Mumbai after they questioned the driver for rash driving on a pothole-ridden road, officials said on Saturday.

    In the video of the incident, which occurred on Friday, the conductor of the bus is seen chasing the couple after they alighted from the bus at the Wada bus depot and starts manhandling the man, while the woman is seen trying to save him.

    A few moments later the bus driver joins the conductor and pushes the man, who falls to the ground. “The ST corporation is apologising for this incident. The corporation has taken immediate cognisance and suspended the concerned driver and conductor from service. This incident will be investigated by a high-level committee,” Shekhar Channe, vice chairman and managing director of MSRTC, said in a statement.

    According to MSRTC officials, the driver Gorakhnath Nagargoja and the conductor Shital Pawar assaulted the couple at the Wada bus depot after they questioned the driver why he drove rashly on a pothole-ridden road.

    Terming the incident “unfortunate”, Channe said the transport undertaking will never support beating up of passengers by ST employees. He said stringent action will be taken against the guilty after the probe is completed.

    The MSRTC is the biggest public transport undertaking in the country with a fleet of more than 16,000 buses and around one lakh employees. Before the pandemic broke out, it used to ferry around 65 lakh passengers per day on its buses, but that number has gone down to 17 to 18 lakhs.