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Time of India
06-07-2025
- Health
- Time of India
Jalgaon dist admin to visit 100-year-olds to ensure wellbeing, provide assistance
Nashik: In a bid to ensure wellbeing, security and to provide necessary legal assistance, Jalgaon district administration has developed to conduct home visits to meet the elderly. The initiative will be conducted in two phases. In the first, officials will cater to senior citizens aged over 100 years and to those aged 90 years and above in the second. Jalgaon collector Ayush Prasad said: "There are about 560 people over the age of 100 years across the district according to our data. We have asked respective tehsildars and sub-divisional officers to visit the homes of these individuals and ensure their wellbeing." During home visits, officials would also try to understand issues that families, neighbours and communities face, which in turn will help facilitate their resolution while remaining within legal framework. Prasad said: "The intention behind visiting homes is to ensure the wellbeing of individuals and senior citizens who are heavily dependent on their children and grandchildren, those who care for three generations, including grandparents, parents and their own children. These visits will help us understand their needs and take appropriate measures." Major issues faced by this age group of people include updating Aadhaar with iris scans, problems related to land titles, transfer of rights, continuation of pensions—whether for retired individuals, freedom fighters, pensioners for Misa prisoners during emergencies—and benefits under Vayashri Yojana, widow's pension, monthly assistance under various govt schemes, life certificates for different govt schemes, health issues, and assistance required through the Ayushmaan Gold Card, among others. The collector also said: "Revenue officials—tehsildars and sub-divisional officers—can coordinate with 20 different govt departments, while the collectorate can work with 50 departments. We will use these powers to seek solutions to the issues faced by citizens and their families and ensure compliance." "The plan aims to complete these visits by July 20 and then commence visits for citizens aged 90 years and above, which involve manageable numbers," he added. The move comes days after an elderly woman suffering from skin cancer was found abandoned in a garbage dump by her grandson in Mumbai.
Time of India
24-04-2025
- Time of India
Jalgaon admin facilitates release of two women held as bonded workers
Nashik: The district administration in Jalgaon recently facilitated the release of two women allegedly held as bonded workers by a jaggery unit owner . There were six children with these two women, officials said. The owner had reportedly demanded Rs 3 lakh from the workers. He claimed to have paid the money to the contractor for hiring the workers. District officials came to know about the incident after the husbands of these two men managed to escape and narrated their ordeal to a local NGO. Jalgaon collector Ayush Prasad said, "The two families, hailing from Bodwad taluka of Jalgaon district, were taken by a contractor (or mukadam) to Daund taluka in Pune district. They were held captive by the owner of a jaggery house where they were working since Feb this year. The district administration, upon receiving the information, facilitated their release on April 20 and is now taking measures for their rehabilitation." "The labourers were held by the owner who had paid money to the contractor and now wanted it back. Our officials got to the root of the issue and then took action," Prasad said. A complaint has been lodged with local police regarding the same. The collector said, "The administration has now started taking measures, including ensuring Aadhaar numbers, job cards through rural employment guarantee scheme, and enrolment of eligible women in Ladki Bahin Yojana, along with all other govt schemes they are eligible for. An officer has been assigned for the job." It was an NGO, Jan Sahas Foundation, that works for the development of migrant workers, which received a complaint from two men who managed to flee from the jaggery house. The NGO then sought the help of the district administration in securing the release of their wives and children. Nilesh Shinde, district coordinator, Jan Sahas Foundation, Jalgaon, said that Sonu Suresh Bhil and Ankush Amber Bhil, both aged around 30, were approached by the contractor who offered an advance of Rs 50,000 to each family for working in the cane factory in Daund taluka in Sept 2024. "They worked for four months at the sugar factory and then at the jaggery house in Daund taluka. The owner of the jaggery house did not allow them the freedom to go to the market, tracked their phones, and recorded their calls, the two claimed," said Shinde. Shinde pointed out that the owners allegedly wanted back Rs 3 lakh they paid to the contractor as an advance for not providing the required number of workers. Deputy superintendent of police Bapurao Dadas said an investigation was on in the case. "There are two versions about this case. While bonded labour is being alleged, the jaggery owner has claimed to have made arrangements for food, stay and safety of women and children. The investigations are ongoing, and based on the outcome, further steps on registration of the FIR will be taken." The families rescued were presented in front of collector Ayush Prasad at his office on Wednesday. On seeing that the children didn't have footwear, the collector got a pair of shoes for them.
