Instead of a few words of appreciation for the selfless service of the RWAs, for the city, for the last many years, as well as during the entire Lockdown period, we were shocked to find a note blaming the RWAs of Delhi, for nothing.
It was absolutely shocking as it has come from a political party, that had promised a huge lot of Empowerment to the RWAs of the city, before the previous elections, but turned it's back, once into the power.
It has come from a Local Government, which has never ever cared to call a meeting with the RWAs to discuss various critical issues, concerning the masses, and has absolutely ignored the RWAs of the city, in its entire tenure, till date.
It has come from the leadership, that assumes that RWAs with no power, no authority, no empowerment, can form the rules challenging the local Government.
Strange, RWAs had just supported the Local Government on the LockDown issues, by campaigning #StayHomeStaySafe #socialdistancing, etc.. RWAs had arranged for the food for the migrating labor as well as for the hungry people, without any publicity or advertisements in the newspapers, without any help or assistance from the local government, that could not provide even the basic masks & sanitizers to the RWAs.
The local government that on one hand blames the previous government, that nothing was done in the health sector in the last 70 years, and confirms the masses smilingly, that we are now well prepared to combat covid19 as this Government has done all that in just 40 days of the lockdown period.
Strange & shocking distress messages are being circulated by the patients about the poor levels of treatment in the city hospitals & at the quarantine centers of Delhi. Shocking distress messages are being shared by some of the Doctors, nurses & staff of various hospitals, saying that even the basic precautionary facilities are not being provided to them. Patients are not getting the beds. Reports are getting delayed by 10 to 12 days.
Probably that is the reason that so many Doctors, Nurses, Helping staff, Police personals, BSF & CRPF personals, as well as the sanitation workers, have been infected by the virus. This shows the level of preparedness our local government has for the city to combat the deadly coronavirus, while we know the exact count of beds, ventilators & other facilities available at various hospitals.
It is also shocking, while the residents are worried about the spread of the virus, the local Government is trying every bit to hide the truth. To date, we don't even know how many patients are there in each district, as a huge lot have been hidden under the title UNKNOWN. Shockingly, the unknown can be the source & not the location.
Moreover, the mad rush at the wine shops of the city is a serious cause of concern for the residents, while the so-called Mohalla clinics have just shown its back to those looking for the testing or treatment of covid19.
It is also shocking that the residents are forced to pay Rs 4500/- to the Private labs for the covid19 tests, even for the treatment of non-COVID issues as local Government has just failed to provide the FREE TESTING. Our request to divert the 70% additional collections of VAT on the sale of Liquor towards the Free testing of coronavirus has gone unheard so far.
Just read the news that Mr. Randeep Guleria, Director AIIMS has said that coronavirus may peak in June & July in India, & Lockdown must continue, while your Govt is hell-bent to open everything in the next few days.
So many more things to be asked, while expecting a reply to the above.
B S Vohra
President,
East Delhi RWAs Joint Front
www.RWABhagidari.com
