Second flight from Dubai to Mangalore with stranded Indians arrive at Mangalore Airport
Mangaluru: The second Air India flight to Mangalore from Dubai arrived at the Mangalore International Airport on Monday evening with 178 stranded Indians as a part of operation Vande Bharat from UAE due to COVID-19 lockdown.
The first flight from Mangalore from Dubai carrying 177 passengers from UAE had arrived here on May 12.
The passengers after arriving at the airport were facilitated with money transfer, remittance services, local SIM cards, food packages and health kits before they were taken for medical examination at the Airport facility followed by their immigration processes.
Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner Sindu B Rupesh along with senior officials of District Administration, including Addition DC Roopa, Probationary IAS Officer Rahul Shinde, District DHO Ramachandra Bayari, Aiport Director VV Roa and others were present at the Airport at the time of arrival of the flight.
The passengers were escorted to the quarantine centres of the bus facilities arranged by the District Administration. The swab samples of the passengers will be collected and sent for tests on Tuesday.
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Organisation urges Centre to set up National Widows' Rights Commission
Mumbai (PTI): A Maharashtra-based voluntary organisation has appealed to the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development to establish an independent National Widows' Rights Commission to address "systemic and lifelong injustices".
Mahatma Phule Samaj Seva Mandal (MPSSM) said widowed women in India face social ostracisation, denial of property and inheritance rights, economic insecurity, psychological trauma, and heightened sexual vulnerability.
These issues are not adequately addressed by existing institutional mechanisms, it said.
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In its representation to the ministry, the organisation stated that despite Constitutional guarantees of equality and dignity under Articles 14, 15 and 21, there is no exclusive statutory body that focuses specifically on the unique and long-term vulnerabilities of widows.
The proposal notes that while women's commissions function at the national and state levels, their broad mandate limits focused attention on widows' issues, leading to gaps in grievance redressal, monitoring and accountability.
Calling widowed women a "structurally vulnerable group" comparable to other constitutionally recognised categories, MPSSM has proposed the creation of National and State Widows' Rights Commissions with the power to inquire into complaints, summon reports from police and administrative authorities, and make time-bound recommendations, including registration of FIRs and legal action where required.
It demanded that the commission be empowered to suggest rehabilitation measures, financial assistance schemes and amendments to existing laws, and submit annual reports to Parliament or state legislatures.
MPSSM president Pramod Zinjade said the establishment of a dedicated Widows' Rights Commission was a "constitutional necessity and moral obligation" to restore dignity, security and human rights of widowed women and to eliminate regressive social practices.
Zinjade said he has also written to the United Nations seeking the establishment of an International Widows' Rights Commission (IWRC).
He has been leading a campaign in rural Maharashtra to eradicate evil customs related to widows. Several villages have passed unanimous resolutions banning such customs.
