By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
New Delhi: A group of alumni of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) based in Delhi region has demanded from the Ministry of Family Welfare and Human Resources Development Ministry to set up a well equipped central hospital and at least two central schools in the “most neglected Okhla minority cluster in the very backyard of corridor of power in Delhi.
“This Okhla minority cluster has a dense population of more than 1 million without any basic facilities of health care and good school education although the health and education is a very high priority sectors for the government of India,” said P. Mohammad.
There are enough UP Government land available in their neighborhood and if Government of India is sincere then both the ministry can write a letter to UP Government to transfer this land for these vital services, he said.
One AMU alumni said, “Majority of the population of this Okhla region is the lower middle class rural migrants from UP and there is no reason for denying this legitimate demands by the Central Government in Delhi to provide these basic facilities for the migrants population of the UP.”
They also plan to meet Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and Minister of Human Resource MM Pallam Raju soon to place these formal demands with clear time-line for implementation and would like to invite both these minister to visit this region to understand the worst conditions of the people living without basic health and education infrastructure facilities.