Friends from Mumbai: could you update us more about this unfortunate development? This is a good sign that plight of blind workers are highlighted by media from different parts of the country. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/State-to-appoint-administrator-for-mismanaged-blind-school-in-Jogeshwari/articleshow/46963113.cms
MUMBAI: The state government has decided to appoint an administrator and order an inquiry into the alleged mismanagement of M N Banajee Industrial Home for Blind in Jogeshwari following an agitation by MNS workers. Social justice minister Rajkumar Badole visited the home on Friday and on finding it to be in a "bad condition", ordered an inquiry. The trust has stopped providing food to the 40 students and even their training for a month. "We are not getting food from the hostel. Sometimes, MNS workers or social workers provide us food. We hope Badole will do something for us," said Santosh Kadam, a student. Badole said that his deparment will provide food to the students. On Friday, MNS workers, led by party chief Raj Thackeray's wife Shalini, agitated outside the hostel. "The students are facing the brunt of the internal fight between the two groups of trustees. The state should intervene and sort out the issue," Shalini Thackeray told TOI. Shrikant Bapat, one of the managing committee members whose name is on the trust's website, said, "I don't want to say anything as I have resigned." -- Avinash Shahi Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
