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A delegation of YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) leaders, led by Araku MP Tanuja Rani, met National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairperson V. Ramasubramanian successful New Delhi connected Sunday, to impulse him to conduct a probe into the jaundice (Hepatitis-A) outbreak that claimed the lives of 2 tribal students astatine Kurupam Gurukul School successful Parvathipuram Manyam district.
The delegation urged the NHRC to represent a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the incidental and guarantee justness for the victims. Justice Ramasubramanian reportedly responded positively and assured that the substance would beryllium taken up for inquiry. The delegation accused the TDP-NDA confederation authorities of gross negligence and urged the NHRC to guarantee accountability for what they called a “humanitarian tragedy”.
Ms. Tanuja Rani stated that contaminated drinking h2o successful tribal hostels had infected implicit 170 students, resulting successful 2 deaths. She alleged that the incidental reflected the conjugation government’s nonaccomplishment successful maintaining hygiene and safeguarding the wellness of children.
Former Deputy Chief Minister Pushpasrivani termed the deaths of the tribal students, Anjali and Kalpana, arsenic “State-sponsored murders”, claiming the students were denied timely aesculapian attraction contempt exhibiting terrible symptoms. She demanded an ex gratia outgo of ₹25 lakh each for the victims’ household and contiguous aesculapian screening of each students successful Gurukul and Ekalavya schools.
She besides condemned Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, Deputy Chief Minister K. Pawan Kalyan, and HRD Minister Nara Lokesh for what she described arsenic their “insensitivity” towards the tragedy. “Lokesh could be a cricket lucifer successful Visakhapatnam but not sojourn the tribal children warring for life,” she said.
The delegation included MP Gurumoorthy, MLA Raga Matsyalingam, erstwhile Deputy Chief Ministers Pushpasrivani and Rajanna Dora, erstwhile MLAs Bhagyalakshmi and Madhavi, Visakhapatnam ZP Chairperson Subhadra, Ichchapuram Municipal Vice-Chairperson Ulala Bharati Divya, and Manyam territory YSRCP president Parikshit Raju.
