UP: Declared 'dead' in govt records, 70-year-old man struggles to prove he is alive
Shahjahanpur (UP), Sep 4: A 70-year-old man, declared "dead" in government records here, is struggling to prove to officials that he is indeed alive.
Om Prakash, a resident of Fatehpur village in Tilhar here, said he has been running from pillar to post for the past one year to prove that he is alive and claimed that he was also denied old-age pension.
"As I am dead in government records, I could not even withdraw money from bank. My cane crop is affected as I could not irrigate it due to lack of money. Now, nobody is helping me," Prakash said in front of senior officials here on Saturday.
He said that about a year ago he was declared "dead" in records and when he went to withdraw pension meant for the elderly, he was told that he has died.
"I could not even withdraw money I got in my bank account from a sugar mill for my cane," he said.
Tilhar Tehsildar (revenue officer) Gyanendra Singh told PTI that the matter has come to his notice and he will be sending a team to Om Prakash's village to probe it.
"If he has been declared dead in records, they will be rectified and due action will be taken against those guilty," he said.
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Bihar: Over 150 children fall ill after consuming 'mid-day meal' in Saharsa
Saharsa (PTI): More than 150 children were taken ill after allegedly consuming food that was part of the mid-day meal in a school in Bihar’s Saharsa district, a senior official said on Thursday.
The incident occurred at a middle school in Baluaha village of the district.
The official said that 115 children were undergoing treatment at the Sadar Hospital, while around 50 students were admitted to Mahishi Public Health Centre.
“We received information that several children fell ill after consuming the mid-day meal in Baluaha. The children were initially treated at the primary health centre, but later, many were referred to the Sadar Hospital,” Saharsa District Magistrate Deepesh Kumar told reporters.
“According to doctors, the health condition of the children has improved, but they will be kept under observation for some time. There is no need to panic. Some kids are having mild fever. They are being treated accordingly,” Kumar said.
Meanwhile, family members of some children claimed that a snake was found in the container in which cooked pulses was stored at the school.
Of the 545 students present in the school, 200 had already eaten their meals by the time the snake was spotted, and later complained of stomach ache and vomiting, they said.
Regarding the claims, the DM said food samples have been collected from the school.
“We will be able to comment on this only after the results of the tested samples arrive,” he said.
