CHANGLANG, Sep 6: A day after a video showed people carrying a patient and crossing rivers in Vijoynagar went viral on social media, Deputy Commissioner, Changlang Devansh Yadav informed through his official Twitter handle that the patient is a resident of village Ngwazakha (34 Mile). 
DC added that she was brought on August 30 last and taken to the nearest hospital where she got operated. No air ambulance could be sent as the case was not at Vijoynagar, but closer to the Miao-34 Mile area, he disclosed, asserting however that by March 2021 this area should get road access. 
Narrating the struggle being faced by the people of Vijoynagar, a local youth Ngwazosa Yobin said it is not the first case, but there were many earlier incidents when people lost their lives on the way to hospital under similar situations. “Due to absence of a proper road and medical facilities, many have lost their loved ones even for simple ailments like diarrhoea and fever,” he lamented. While appealing to the state government to expedite the construction of road, he expressed resentment that despite repeated demands by all the people here including the elderly for road connectivity, nothing has happened till date compelling the people to live an isolated life compared to other parts of the state.
Meanwhile, reacting to the hardships, the North East Human Rights Organization (NEHRO) lodged a complaint with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) seeking an intervention in Vijoyanagar. “It is very disheartening to see such a situation,” Vice President NEHRO (AP) Advocate SD Loda said, appealing the state government to take immediate measures to ensure basic amenities to the Vijoynagar residents.
Further, he informed that NEHRO has appealed to the  NHRC to issue directives to the state government to ensure regular supply of PDS items, establishment of a Primary Health Centre within six months, posting of on-site administrative officers, regular helicopter services for emergency patients until a motorable road comes up and access to proper education up to the Secondary level besides other basic amenities.

 

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