Inmate of Saketri old age home to get food,medicines,Panchkula DC says shift him

Earlier,Newsline had reported that inmates of the old age home live amid hunger and squalor,with street dogs for company. In the absence of any transport facility,the caretaker rushes on his cycle to the nearby village to get help in case of emergency.

“After a report was submitted by Red Cross secretary Vijyalakshami on the poor condition of the old age home,I have ordered shifting of the only inmate to the government-run old age home in Sector 15,” DC Yadav said. The Sector-15 home is run by the Red Cross Society.

Last week,the DC had ordered the Red Cross secretary to inspect the old age home in Saketri and submit a report.

“The old age home is in a pathetic condition,lacking even basic facilities like proper bathrooms,food,transport facility and medicines. Prima facie,it seems that the Manav Seva Trust is running the home simply to keep the plot of land from being acquired by the government,” the secretary had said.

On Tuesday,Vijyalakshami said,“We have received orders from the DC. Soon,we would shift the only inmate from the Saketri old age home.”