WHAT WELFARE IS THIS?
IT WAS WITH GREAT POMP AND IN THE LIMELIGHT THAT LAST YEAR
THE DEPARTMENT OF TRIBAL WELFARE, GOVT. OF TRIPURA SENT
MANY TRIBAL STUDENTS TO HYDERABAD AND BANGALORE TO STUDY
NURSING, PHYSIOTHERAPY etc. LUCKY AND BLESSED WERE THOSE
WHO GOT ADMITTED IN INSTITUTIONS RECOGNISED BY INDIAN
NURSING COUNCIL(I.N.C.) BUT COULD ANY ONE GUESS OF THE
FATE OF THOSE WHOSE INSTITUTIONS ARE NOT RECOGNISED?THE
STUDENTS WHO GOT ADMITTED IN SUCH INSTITUTIONS WERE TOLD
OF THEIR INSTITUTIONS GETTING RECOGNISED SHORTLY, BUT IT'S
PAST MORE THAN A YEAR AND SITUATION IS GETTING WORSE. ONE
SUCH INSTITUTE IS
THE MODERN INSTITUTE OF NURSING
16 1/2 SECOND CROSS,LEGGARI ROAD
SATYA DEVI PALACE,LEGGARI BUS STOP
PREETINAGAR,BANGALORE-560058,WHICH IS HOUSING 50 OR MORE
STUDENTS FROM TRIPURA ALONE.THE INSTITUTE HAS NOT STILL
BEEN RECOGNISED BY THE I.N.C. THINK OF THE FATE OF THE
STUDENTS WHO ARE IN THEIR SECOND YEAR OF NURSING!
AMONG THE STUDENTS THERE ARE MANY WHO HAVE COMPLETED THEIR
GRADUATION OR PART-I EXAMS.BUT THANKS TO THE PUBLICITY AND
TRAP SET BY DEPARTMENT OF TRIBAL WELFARE,GOVT. OF TRIPURA
THEY WERE SEDUCED INTO ENROLLING THEMSELVES IN THE VARIOUS
COURSES. BUT THERE ARE MANY CASES IN WHICH STUDENTS' NAMES
WERE PUBLISHED IN THE DAILIES AS SELECTED THOUGH THEY DID
NOT FACE THE INTERVIEWS! DOESN'T IT SOUND ABSURD, WEIRD
AND EXTRAORDINARY?
THE EFFORT OF THE DEPT. OF TRIBAL WELFARE IN ALLOCATION OF
WELFARE IS NO DOUBT PRAISEWORTHY. BUT ALLOCATION OF
WELFARE SHOULD NOT BE DONE THROUGH GAMBLING. TRIBALS ARE
STILL BACKWARD AND IF THEIR FUTURE GENARATIONS ARE MISLED
WHO SHALL BE THERE TO LIGHT THEIR MARCH FORWARD?
IT IS HIGH TIME THAT THE CONCERNED AUTHORITIES TOOK
NECESSARY STEPS BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE, FOR THE ALREADY
MISLED TRIBAL YOUTHS IN EXPECTATION OF BLEAK FUTURE MIGHT
DRIVE THEM TO MASS SUICIDE. SO IT'S MY EARNEST PLEA ON
BEHALF OF ALL THE STUDENTS IN GRAVE PLIGHT TO ALL
WELL-WISHERS, THE PRESIDENT OF INDIA, THE PRIME MINISTER
OF INDIA, THE CHIEF MINISTERS, THE GOVERNORS, THE YOUTH
ORGANISATIONS OF INDIA, HIGHER OFFICIALS TO PRESSURISE THE
CONCERNED AUTHORITIES TO LOOK INTO THE MATTER AT THE
EARLIEST AND BRING RELIEF TO THE STUDENTS SUFFERING.
SANJIB CHAKMA (CINDYE)
C/O-S R KHISA,ABHOYNAGAR,AGARTALA-799005,TRIPURA(W) |