tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6996444354908856262024-02-07T22:28:49.613-08:00Hamari Basti - Voices of Neighbourhoodysaeedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01114476863968750082noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-699644435490885626.post-18385523200437459312017-01-10T22:14:00.000-08:002017-01-10T22:14:01.471-08:00विद्यालय में निजी-तौर पर नियुक्त किये गये सुरक्षा-कर्मियों का आर्थिक,मानसिक व शारीरिक शोषण<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; text-align: justify;">लेखक संजू , फानडर, </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; text-align: justify;">लक्ष्य-युवाओं को नयी दिशा।</span><br />
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<span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">दिल्ली सरकार के सरकारी विद्यालयों तथा विभागों मे लगभग 4500 सुरक्षा-कर्मी निजी तौर पर नियुक्त किये गये है। सरकार व </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">विभाग</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> की सहमति से दिल्ली के 1012 विद्यालयों तथा विभागों मे सुरक्षा-कर्मियों को नियुक्त करने का कार्य / ठेका 14 एजेंसियों को दिया गया। इस प्रकार यह ठेका 14 एजेंसियों को निम्न नियम-शर्तों के आधार पर आवंटित किया गया जिसमे </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Tender</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> की समय सीमा तथा सुरक्षा-कर्मियों के कर्तव्य व अधिकार भी सुनिश्चित किये गये जो की श्रम कानून को ध्यान मे रखते हुये संविदा बनाई गयी । यह </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">संविदा</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> विभाग द्वारा 2</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">वर्षों</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">(2011-2013)</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> के लिए </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">आवंटित</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> किया गया तथा संविदा के अनुसार यदि ठेकेदार द्वारा काम सही किया जाता है तो विभाग </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">द्वारा </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">संविदा की समय सीमा दो वर्षों के लिए बढ़ाई जा सकती है</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> जो की विभाग द्वारा दो वर्षो (2013-15) के लिए फिर से </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Extend</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> कर दिया </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">गया</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">किन्तु इसके बाद विभाग के अधिकारियों की ज़िम्मेदारी </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">थी </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">की </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">वे नयी संविदा</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> (</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Tender</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">)</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> निकालेंगे और उसे विभागीय प्रक्रिया द्वारा आवेदन देने वालों को आवंटित करेंगे जो आवेदनकर्ता विभाग के नियमों की औपचरिकताये पूरी करेगा किन्तु विभाग के भ्रष्ट अधिकारियों और ठेकेदारों ने मिलकर इसी </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">संविदा</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> को दो वर्षों </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">(2015-17) </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">के लिए फिर से बढ़ा </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">दिया गया</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> जिसमे विभाग द्वारा बनाई गयी संविदा के नियमों का उल्लंघन किया गया</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> और विभाग द्वारा लगभग 100 करोड़ रू का अवैध तरीके से ठेकेदारों को आवंटन किया गया </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">इसके अलावा</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> लक्ष्य संस्था द्वारा</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> विभाग मे ठेकेदारों द्वारा सुरक्षा-कर्मियों के आर्थिक</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">,</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">मानसिक व शारीरक शोषण करने के संबंध मे कई बार शिकायत दर्ज कारवाई गई किन्तु विभाग के किसी भी अधिकारी ने ठेकेदारों के विरुद्ध कोई कार्यवाही नहीं की। ठेकेदारों द्वारा सुरक्षा-कर्मियों के शोषण करने के संबंध मे शिकायत शिक्षा विभाग के अलावा कई संबन्धित विभाग मे भी</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> लिखित मे</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> शिकायत </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">दर्ज </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">की गयी इसके अतिरिक्त शिक्षा मंत्री</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">,</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">श्रम मंत्री को भी लिखित मे दर्ज कराई गयी किन्तु ठेकेदारों के विरुद्ध किसी विभाग व मंत्रालय ने कोई कार्यवाही नहीं की।</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">लक्ष्य संस्था द्वारा </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">सूचना का अधिकार कानून द्वारा सूचना प्राप्त की गयी </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">जिसमे पता चला कि सुरक्षा-कर्मियों को </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">रु-</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">10</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">,257 /-</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> मासिक वेतन </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">सुनिश्चित किया गया है किन्तु</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> लक्ष्य</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"></span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">संस्था द्वारा </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">अलग-अलग समय पर </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">तीन बार सुरक्षा- कर्मियों को मिलने वाले वेतन व अन्य सुविधाओं को लेकर </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Survey</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> किया गया</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> जिससे यह जानकारी प्राप्त हुयी कि</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">-</span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">1. </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">ठेकेदारों द्वारा इन्हे 3500 से 4500 मासिक वेतन दिया </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">जाता</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> है जबकि इनसे हस्ताक्षर 10</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">,257 </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">के </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Voucher</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> पर करवाये जाते है।</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> (प्रत्येक सुरक्षा-कर्मी के वेतन से ठेकेदार द्वारा औसतन 4000 रू काटे गये। वर्तमान मे लगभग </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">45</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">00 सुरक्षा-कर्मी स्कूलों और विभागों मे नियुक्त है जिससे </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">ज्ञात होता है कि वर्ष 2011 से 17 तक ठेकेदारों और विभाग द्वारा 100 करोड़ से भी अधिक का घौटाला किया गया जो कि शिक्षा विभाग का अभी तक का सबसे बड़ा घौटाला है।</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">)</span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">2. </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">संविदा के अनुसार ठेकेदार प्रत्येक सुरक्षा-कर्मी को वेतन </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">ECS</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">या </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">CHEQUE</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> द्वारा ही दिया जायेगा जबकि सुरक्षा-कर्मियों को वेतन नकद दिया जाता है। </span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">3. </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">इन्हें</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">P.F.</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> की</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> सुविधा</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> भी </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">नहीं दी जा रही है।</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> कुछ सुरक्षा-कर्मियों से जानकारी मिली </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">कि</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> उन्हे ठेकेदारों </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">द्वारा </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">जो </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">P.F.</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> नंबर दिया गया है वो </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">website</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> पर उपलब्ध नहीं है।</span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">4. </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">अधिकतर सुरक्षा-कर्मियों को </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">E.S.I</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> कार्ड की सुविधा भी नहीं दी गयी है।</span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">5. </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">अधिकतर </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">सुरक्षा-कर्मियों</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> को सिविल-डिफ़ेन्स और फायर फाइटिंग सर्विसिस का प्रशिक्षण नहीं दिया गया</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> जो</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">कि</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> संविदा के अनुसार अनिवार्य है।</span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">6. </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">इन्हें </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">विद्यालय व अपनी सुरक्षा के लिए ठेकेदार द्वारा टार्च</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">,</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> लाठी</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">,</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">बल्लम आदि भी नहीं दी गयी है। जो कि संविदा के अनुसार अनिवार्य है।</span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">7. </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">इन्हें</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> माह मे एक भी छुट्टी नहीं दी जाती है जबकि संविदा के अनुसार माह मे 26 दिन कार्य करेंगे।</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">1. </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">सूचना के अधिकार कानून द्वारा प्राप्त जानकारी जिसमे स्कूलों ने लिखित मे दिया है की उनके स्कूल मे नियुक्त सुरक्षा-कर्मियों को ठेकेदारों द्वारा 4500 रू मासिक वेतन दिया जाता है। वो भी </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Cash</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">दिया जाता है</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">।</span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">2. </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">सुरक्षा-कर्मियों द्वारा लिखित मे बयान दिया है जिसमे उन्होने ठेकेदारों द्वारा किये जा रहे शोषण के बारे मे लिखा है।</span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">3. </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">संस्था द्वारा </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">वर्ष 2013 से </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">किया गया सर्वे।</span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">4. </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">संस्था द्वारा</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> वर्ष 2013 से </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">शिक्षा विभाग </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">,</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "mangal"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> शिक्षा मंत्री व अन्य विभागों मे समय समय पर कि गयी लिखित रूप मे शिकायत।</span></div>
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Yasmeenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12670829913154651586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-699644435490885626.post-1948859719829359132017-01-02T07:31:00.001-08:002017-01-02T07:31:33.520-08:00Granting some rights is denial of other rights : Cases of Trilokpuri and Noor Nagar <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009 has communicated
and executed free and compulsory education to children between 6 and 14 years
of age but the question before the government and concerned body is about the actual
performance of the Act on the ground. No doubt the Act has communicated the
right to education and hope for literate future generations in communities,
especially amongst underprivileged sections of the society. However the
attainment of the free and compulsory education to all children aged 6 to 14 is
still not only an unsettled ambition but has also opened the gateway to </span><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">deny</i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">An
important question here is how a granted right can open gateway to deny the
educational right? Herbert Kaufman has rightly said “when the people rail
against red tape, they mean that they are subjected to too many constraints,
that many of the constraints seem pointless, and that agency seem to take
forever to act.” This Act has created many constraints that restrict children
from accessing education. One of them is age restriction - the free and
compulsory education is restricted to only ages between - 6 and 14 years with
age wise class allotment. On the former theme many of the scholars have written,
the denial of free education before 6 years of age as well as after 14 years of
age but restricted number of activist and scholars have raised the issue of the
age wise class allocation or in red tape words “<i>age appropriate class</i>”.
This provision has raised the question of quality education and created a loop
hole to deny the educational right by using the age factor. The concerned
person for the admission in primary school asks the parent to go for admission
in upper primary school even if the child wants (or better fit) to take admission
in primary school. A live example took place a few days back when I went to enroll
one drop out child in Noor Nagar primary school where the teacher denied
admission because of his age, which is 14 years old. The school teacher not
only denied the admission on the ground of unjustified logic of over age and
half cooked rule of Right to Education Act but one teacher said “there is no
option to get admission in any school and only way to do tenth is by getting
admission in an open school”. The irrational statement did not end here; he
wrenched the dream of the mother by putting a figure of 6000 rupees to get
admission in open school in such a cash crunch situation. The parents belong to
Noor Nagar <i>pahadi</i> slum community and migrated here from Uttar Pradesh. A
similar incidence happened 4 months ago with the same child when I went with
his mother to enroll the child in Sarvoday Baal Vidyalay, Noor Nagar but they denied
admission on the ground that the date of admission was over. When we met the
principal of the school, he used disrespectful words and asked us to leave the
room. I emailed a complaint letter regarding the incident to the Deputy Director
of Education of south Delhi but no action has been taken. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">I
have been working with ABC… Campaign since 2012 and we have enrolled around 30
children from the slum community in and around Jamia Millia Islmia, New Delhi.
Amid these mainstreaming activities we often faced problems with the process of
admission with children being denied admission on red tape grounds although
some children have successfully enrolled. Recently one more heart wrenching
story came to our notice - a child has been denied admission by many schools of
Trilokpuri area only because she has gone through an open heart surgery and no
school wants to take the risk of admitting her though she has been coming to a
Learning Centre started by ABC Campaign in collaboration with Foundation for
Equal Citizenship in the same areas. We are now trying to enroll her in a nearby
school as her parents have re-gathered courage to provide her education. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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these incidences highlight the hidden lopehole of The Right of Children to Free
and Compulsory Education Act 2009. School administration and staff are using the
age factor as a tool to avoid the burden of admissions of children from
underprivileged background; in other words this awarded right is denying the
right of many children by using its own rule of the Act. This doesn’t mean
rights should not be given but the matter is to reduce the denial of the right
through critical analysis and amendments. Anil Sadgopal, an educationist has
rightly said “it is a fraud on our children. It gives neither free education
nor compulsory education. In fact, it only legitimizes the present
multi-layered, inferior quality school education system where discrimination
shall continue to prevail.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07564286812762875091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-699644435490885626.post-40119577396392259322017-01-01T08:43:00.002-08:002017-01-01T08:43:55.464-08:00Hamari Basti - Our Neighbourhood - a network to improve lives in Delhi's slums
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Hamari Basti is a community platform for exchanging local stories of struggle,
innovation and sustainable survival in Delhi’s unorganized and informal
settlements. We start with neighbourhoods like Trilokpuri (east Delhi) and
Jamia Nagar (southeast Delhi), which are d</span>ensely populated localities in
the outskirts of Delhi that are flooded with migrants from nearby and faraway
regions. While there are many reasons for people specifically migrating into
these regions, many of them are Muslim as they either don’t find homes for rent
or purchase in more mainstream localities, or simply feel safer here in the
growing communal atmosphere of India. The localities however have limited space
and are now bursting due to overpopulation. There is no restriction on construction,
and hardly any planning or civic sense among the residents due to a relative
lack of education. The government authorities too have neglected the area on
infrastructure due to various reasons. </div>
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The migration, however, continues to swell the population,
not only putting more pressure on the resources, but also creating socially
harmful elements that make the locality extremely chaotic and unhealthy to live
in. A dominant Islamic identity and prolific religious practice creates the
overall picture of a so-called Muslim ghetto. Religious preachers and local
politicians mobilize the community on its religious identity, and never
introduce any idea of social change or reform. The nearby university, rather
than playing any role of social uplifment, only helps in further deterioration.
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The residents have hardly any hope or expectation from the
govt. authorities or religious/political leaders to do anything constructive or
initiate any new ideas that could transform the place. But, can some
progressive individuals take initiatives to bring some fresh ideas here? For
example, can the youth be motivated or mobilized towards (a) creating awareness
about their rights and obligations as citizens of Delhi and India, (b) developing
work skills and finding employment opportunities in the area, (c) creating
community spaces where people could meet, share their problems and find some
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Some of us (residents) would like to start an initiative or
experiment where some of the above ideas could be tested. We wish to begin by
meeting regularly (weekly or fortnightly) in groups that are not very big, and
comprise of professionals in various fields (law, social work, media, health,
education etc.) to see what small steps can be taken to address some of the
local issues. We invite you to be a part of this initiative and tell us how you
would like to participate. </div>
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