GRA submits request to Dr. Arati Krishna requesting financial assistance for retired Gulf workers
Mangaluru: The Deputy Chairperson of Karnataka NRI Forum, Dr. Arati Krishna, was met by a delegation from the Mangaluru Gulf Retirees Association (GRA) during her visit to the city. The delegation, led by the Association's President Hamza Mittur, submitted a request regarding financial assistance for retired Gulf workers facing health and educational challenges.
The petition highlights the plight of many individuals who, after working in small jobs in Gulf countries and contributing to the state's foreign exchange earnings, now struggle with health issues and lack financial resources for their children's education. The delegation pointed out that the state of Kerala annually provides grants of Rs. 350 crore to non-resident Indians for various projects, including pension schemes, health insurance, accident insurance, and scholarships for children.
The Gulf Retirees Association also requested her to take up this matter with the Hon'ble Chief Minister and request him to consider similar measures for Karnataka's non-residents and retirees in the upcoming state budget.
The delegation included Vice President Salih Koya Thangal, Satish Kumar Bajal KSA, Mohammad Hussain, Vice President Adam Beary, Secretary Jamaluddin, Treasurer Bawa Abdul Khader, Secretary Yusuf Aladka, and Advisors Sahul Hameed Thangal and Mohammad Beary Bollai.
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Two more infants die, toll in Jhansi medical college fire rises to 17
Jhansi (UP) (PTI): Two more infants rescued from a fire that ripped through the Maharani Laxmi Bai Medical College here have died, taking the total toll in the blaze to 17, a senior official said on Sunday.
Thirty-nine newborns were rescued from a devastating fire in the medical college hospital's neonatal intensive care unit on the night of November 15.
Dr Narendra Singh Sengar, the medical college's principal, told PTI that of the 39 infants rescued, two more died on Saturday.
While 10 babies died on the night of the fire, the remainder succumbed to their "illnesses", he said.
A post-mortem of the two bodies was done on Saturday and the cause of death was confirmed as "illness" in both cases. The bodies have been handed over to the family members, Sengar said.
The birth weight of both infants was 800 grams and one of them also had a hole in the heart, he added.
Meanwhile, Congress sources said on Sunday that the party's state chief Ajay Rai and Barabanki MP Tanuj Punia would travel to Jhansi and visit the medical college. They will also meet the families whose babies died in the fire.
