The incident laid bare the municipal corporation’s criminal negligence of the civic authorities endangering the safety of people, in particular pedestrians.
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The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to the Cuttack Collector and Municipal Commissioner of Cuttack over the tragic death of a nine-year-old boy who died after falling into an open drain in the Bidanasi area of the city.
The deceased has been identified as Joseph Sahani, a class III student of Modern Public School in the city, who died under tragic circumstances on 15 January afternoon hours.
Rights activist Akhand had drawn the attention of the NHRC and squarely blamed the municipal corporation authorities for the minor’s death. The apex rights panel sought action taken report replies from Collector, CMC commissioner within next four weeks.
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The incident laid bare the municipal corporation’s criminal negligence of the civic authorities endangering the safety of people, in particular pedestrians.
Yesterday, Cuttack mayor Subash Singh and commissioner of Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) faced public wrath during their visit to the site of the mishap. The agitated locals cordoned off the duo and demanded adequate compensation to deceased’ family and criminal action against the CMC engineers.
It may be recalled here that a photojournalist from South Korea, who is in Bhubaneswar to cover men’s World Cup Hickey, suffered injuries after falling into an open drain in Bhubaneswar on 11 January.
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