In 2020, Indore was declared ‘India’s Cleanest City’ for the fourth consecutive time by the Union Housing. The city’s exponential win was indeed an achievement worth celebrating and had brought a lot of pride to citizens. However, a recent incident stands as a shocking revelation behind the “cleanest city” feat.
According to NDTV, a team of Indore Municipal Corporation workers have been caught on camera dumping elderly homeless people by the side of a highway in the outskirts of the city. It is assumed that the homeless people were gathered from within the city.
Videos, which were shot by angry and protesting locals, shows homeless people being dropped from a truck with their belongings and being abandoned on the road. Have a look:
इंदौर की ये घटना मानवता पर एक कलंक है। मुख्यमंत्री की अकर्मण्यता व गृहमंत्री के साथ कुर्सी की नूराकुश्ती के बीच प्रदेश में अफसरशाही हावी हो चुकी है। थोड़ी भी संवेदनशीलता बची हो तो मुख्यमंत्री इन बेसहारा लोगों से माफी मांगे व दोषी अधिकारियों पर कड़ी कार्यवाही करें। pic.twitter.com/HkQ3OraWmu
— Kunal Choudhary (@KunalChoudhary_) January 30, 2021
इंदौर, मप्र की ये घटना मानवता पर एक कलंक है। सरकार और प्रशासन को इन बेसहारा लोगों से माफी माँगनी चाहिए और ऑर्डर लागू कर रहे छोटे कर्मचारियों पर नहीं बल्कि ऑर्डर देनेवाले उच्चस्थ अधिकारियों पर ऐक्शन होना चाहिए। pic.twitter.com/r47k6Cc6Ox
— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) January 30, 2021
In India's cleanest city team of Indore Municipal Corporation dumped aged destitutes on outskirts, later when villagers opposed lugged them back on truck, 2 officials suspended one transferred @ndtv @soniandtv @Suparna_Singh @manishndtv @vinodkapri @rohini_sgh @GargiRawat pic.twitter.com/mLAWc0Pdcd
— Anurag Dwary (@Anurag_Dwary) January 29, 2021
इंदौर नगर निगम के अधिकारी स्वच्छता के नाम पर भारी ठंड में बुजुर्गों को शिप्रा छोड़ने पहुँचे –
अब अधिकारी बेचारे क्या करे वो तो भाजपा की विचारधारा के अनुरूप ही तो काम कर रहे है ?
भाजपा ने भी तो आडवाणी जी , जोशी जी , यशवंत सिन्हा जैसे कई बुजुर्ग नेताओ को कब से छोड़ दिया है ? pic.twitter.com/aYc8JFmXrQ
— Narendra Saluja (@NarendraSaluja) January 29, 2021
“The incident happened between 2 and 2.30 pm. An IMC truck carrying around 8-10 elderlies came here, after which the staff on the truck forcibly alighted the aged people, including two to three women, on the roadside. When I asked the IMC staff why they were doing so with the homeless, the staff responded that they’ve been directed by the authorities to leave them here as they are creating trouble and filth in Indore city. Subsequently, the truck was leaving the place after abandoning the elderlies, but we forced it to return and take back the elderlies,” said Rajesh Joshi, a local who shot one of the videos.
According to TNIE, MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan has ordered the suspension of IMC deputy commissioner Pratap Solanki. Two other contractual staffers who were involved in the incident are terminated from service.
The victims have reportedly been shifted to winter shelters.
What a condemnable way to treat the homeless!