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Dalit family life in shambles due to neglect in modern India

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Belthangady : Despite Belthangady boasting of several non –government and rural development organisations including the famous SKDRDP on one side and an administration set up starting from Gram Panchayat to Taluk Vidhana Soudha on the other, the life of one Dalit family living in Parenki village remains in shambles, a glaring example of neglect.

The Dalit family living in a shack with plastic roofing braving inclement weather condition is unable to come out of the rut over the years and their dream to live in a better shelter has remained still distant. Family pleas to all the local elected representatives and administration officials have remained unheard so far in spite of the state government providing provision in the law to ‘accommodate’ such families.

Dharnappa and his wife along with 3 of their children named Dwanith, Dhanush and Dhanraj are braving the vagaries of nature on a daily basis and their pathetic condition is visible for all to see. Its more like living in the open with plastic sheet roofing but in this case they have covered the sides with palms and muddy walls to protect themselves from severe windy conditions. Despite their hardship, the Dharnappa couple eking a living through labour have enrolled their children in schools to ensure their off springs are not deprived of education. The couple shed teas tears recalling their efforts to get a shelter sanctioned through the local administration.

An open well in the vicinity inviting ‘death’ and with no toilet in ‘Swachch Bharat times’ the family in real dire straits, is comforted only by the cries and voices of little children studying in a nearby anganawadi centre.

The system neglecting such families in the last 7 decades after independence is nothing new, say few but question the callous attitude and role of many service organisations in the area for which the taluk is well known. They hope Dharnappa family gets some solace at least from on.

Reacting on the plight of Dalit family, dalit leader B K Vasanath from Belthangadi said, despite state government issuing guidelines to panchayats to provide houses for dalit families without valid documentation in specific and genuine cases , the apathy of local gram panachayth is this case is appalling. To rub salt on the family’s wounds, a dalit is the president of local Gram Panchayat, said Vasanath.

 

Dalit family life in shambles due to neglect in modern India
Dalit family life in shambles due to neglect in modern India
Dalit family life in shambles due to neglect in modern India
Dalit family life in shambles due to neglect in modern India
Dalit family life in shambles due to neglect in modern India

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