Villagers of Darit Simragittim in Baghmara had no choice but to carry a sick woman on a bamboo stretcher for about 12 kms to reach the Dumnikhura bazaar to evacuate the sick a hospital for medical attention.
The issue was flagged by the Achik Organization for Social Welfare (AOSW) today.
“Carrying the sick woman on a stretcher for such a long distance is not an easy task given that they had to walk through rough and slippery narrow path, crossing a number of big streams, tolerating attacks poisonous insects. It is a common reflection of backwardness of the area and hopelessness of the local leaders, officers and stakeholders”, AOSW vice president Gripping Marak said.
“These are the evidences that such a small Garo Hills, one of the major parts of Meghalaya State, is still suffering from backwardness and negligence. The state has just celebrated the Golden Jubilee of the statehood. Are our CMs, MLAs, MPs from past and present happy with their performance or do people of South Garo Hills and from other zones of Garo Hills satisfied with their performance? Shall we carry on with the same leaders who have been habitually making fake promises fake and telling lies to the people?” he questioned.
“We strongly condemn ignorant leaders and previous leaders who have just made fake promises and we want the common citizens to awake and come up with new page of civilised society. We want to request people to win over the difficulties and crisis with democratic ideals not the politicians and more importantly we want democracy to win” Marak added.
