The heavy industries Minister Mr Vilasrao Deshmukh recently announced a 1600 MW power project for Latur. The 9000 Cr investment project will be a joint venture between the two governement companies “BHEL” and “MahaGenCo”.
This will be second biggest power project in Marathwada after Parli.
The minister also announced a foreign investment project for Latur to be coming soon. Way to Go Mantriji..
With Mr Jaywantrao Awale announcing that Amit Deshmukh is congres candidate for Laur City Assembly Constituency, the super legacy of Mr Vilasraoji Deshmukh and the development flow of the city is sure to continue to flow in Latur.
Best Wishes to Mr Deshmukh from Laturkar Team.
Exhibition of photographs of 333 forts in Maharashtra has been arranged by ShivSena and Umang Foundation. The exhitibiton will be inaugurated on 23rd July, 2 PM at Municipality Hall.
The photographs are clicked by Shramik Gojamgunde.
The Maharashtra government has ordered a probe into the school boycott of HIV positive students in Latur district. The District Collector has warned school authorities to take back the students or face the consequences.
On Friday, LaturKar had reported how the education of some HIV positive children in Latur is being jeopardised. Not only are they HIV infected but they have also been victims of discrimination. Their school – Zilla Parishad School Hosegaon – is allegedly asking them to withdraw themselves from the rolls because other students and their parents are not willing to come in contact with them.
School Education Minister Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil has asked Latur Collector Eknath Dawale to submit his report regarding the school in Hasegaon village within two days.
After a meeting in the district collectorate, Patil told PTI,” This is a social issue and we are going to discuss it in the village. We have ordered the district collector to submit the report within two days.”
Ten students of an ashram, Sevalaya, which houses the orphans, HIV positive and AIDS affected children, are studying in the school. The ashram is managed by Amhi Sevak, an NGO.
In a shameful event for Latur and a pointer to the social stigma that is still attached to AIDS, eight HIV positive students of district council school at Hasegaon village in Latur district of Maharashtra were expelled from school due to the strong opposition from other students and their parents.
The students were expelled after 140 of the total 230 students’ boycotted classes as they fear that they may contract the disease from the positive children.
In fact, for the past few days, this school has been flooded with requests by parents for transfer certificates (TC).
Yesterday, district education officer D Joshi, his deputy S Sonawane, and other officials visited the village and had discussions with Sewalaya director Ravi Bapatley, but nothing positive was achieved.
The education officer said, “We are trying our best to clear the doubts and misconceptions about the disease, but the adamant wards and parents are in no mood to listen to us.”
“We even had doctor for the counselling who clarified to the parents that their children were safe even if they came in contact with the HIV positive kids,” he added.
The headmaster of the school Dharmraj Sathe had yesterday said, “We will give admission to as many Aids-affected children as we can because we know AIDS does not spread by dining or playing together.
But now it’s apparent that he had to bow to the pressure from other children and their parents.
The HIV positive children are staying in an ashram in Hasegaon village run by an non-governmental organisation Ahmi Sevak for orphans and HIV-positive children.
Eight students from this ashram, Sewalaya, were studying in the zilla parishad (district council) school. Since the past few days there were rumours in the village that if anybody dines or plays with the HIV/AIDS patients, they will also contract the infection.