25 deaths occur at Delhi government’s shelter home, minister Aatishi, LG order probe

The Delhi governmentrun Asha Kiran Shelter Home in Rohini has reported 25 deaths since February an official report stated The highest number of deaths ndash 14 ndash have been recorded in July Of these eight residents of the shelter house were womenThe report from the shelter home to the Delhi Government mentioned loose motion and unconsciousness as being the reason behind deaths The other reasons included mild fever loose stools and vomitingReacting to the report Delhi Minister and Aam Aadmi Party AAP leader Atishi said Those who live here are abandoned people rescued by the police Among the 14 people who died in July one was a child This is a serious matter and a magisterial inquiry has been ordered to investigate into it We are waiting for the postmortem report and after 24 hours the preliminary report of the magisterial inquiry will come out I assure the people of Delhi that if any death has occurred owing to negligence the person responsible will not be spared she added Magisterial inquiry LIVE httpstcowDGjJn9JHGmdash Atishi AtishiAAP August 2 2024Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on Friday directed for a comprehensive inquiry in the state of affairs of all shelter homes of the Delhi government including the deaths of the residents of Asha Kiran facility in three weeks the Raj Niwas said in a statementHe has also asked for adequate compensation to be paid to the parentsguardians of the victims the statement addedAfter the deaths came to light National Commission for Women NCW chief Rekha Sharma arrived at Asha Kiran Shelter HomeWATCH Deaths at Asha Kiran shelter home in Delhi National Commission for Women NCW chief Rekha Sharma says There are several things on the menu but the food that was being served was covered in fungusChildren are dying of starvation pictwittercomqStdLjupP0mdash ANI ANI August 2 2024Shelters run by the Delhi government have become a death trap for innocent people Asha Kiran which has a capacity of 250 people has 450 people living in it without proper food water and medicine Atishi should be made responsible for the contaminated water they are being provided the NCW Chief saidMost of the women who died in Asha Kiran Shelter home run by the Delhi government were under 40 Young lives are lost because of the sheer negligence of the Delhi Government Who is responsible for these deaths AtishiAAP she tweeted laterMost of the women died in Asha Kiran Shelter home run by Delhi government were under 40 years Young lives are lost because of shear negligence of Delhi Government Who is responsible for these deaths AtishiAAPmdash Rekha Sharma sharmarekha August 2 2024Former Delhi Womenrsquos Commission chief Swati Maliwal has alleged that despite raising the issue with the government no action has been taken over the problems in Asha Kiran Maliwal added that she will raise the issue in the Parliament WATCH Deaths at Asha Kiran shelter home in Delhi Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal says In the past 20 days 13 deaths have occurred at Asha Kiran shelter home run by the Delhi governmentThe reasons are yet not knownWhen I was there in DCW I inspected the situationhellip pictwittercompdKfID0dxMmdash ANI ANI August 2 2024With ANI and PTI inputs