NEW DELHI: A report of a new land released by the NGO Protsahan India Foundation on Covid-19 says every slum households both have members suffering from cold, cough or fever but most of them are not tested for fear of losing revenue and ostracized by the community should they test positive for coronavirus , Over 65 slum communities in west Delhi, including Dwarka, Uttam Nagar and Vikas Nagar Hastaal village, surveyed between December last year and this month’s report entitled ‘Covid-19 Pulse Check – Land reports 5’.
According to the report, there is still resistance among slum dwellers to get tested because of the stigma attached to being patient Covid and daily wage losses arising officer can not go to work or being kept away from work due to infection.
The report said the majority of slum residents did not even wear a mask in the middle of a lot of myths about abundant coronavirus infection in the community.
It took a strong awareness campaign before Protsahan can get more than 70% of slum dwellers in Delhi west to receive both doses of the vaccine Covid.
In six or seven cases, the ground team saw an alarming trend of children lose their primary caregiver.
Some children lost their mothers to Covid and then abandoned by their father, the report said.
In other cases, the field team noted, the father gave up the infection, forcing mothers to resort to transactional sex, ragpicking or begging for money because the usual way of women working as domestic servants was limited by the pandemic.
The report also claims that girls aged over 18 years of being pushed into marriage when they passed Class XII because their parents can not afford their education expenses again.
And while Protsahan says it supports the family as the closing costs for necessities and care for children, the report highlights the lack of social protection that caused the crisis the protection of children in the slums of Delhi.
The report said small factories where most slum dwellers are employed has dropped to close during a pandemic.
housekeeper also banned from working with families, while many daily wage laborers have to work only on alternate days.
“Revenue Nearly 50% have declined, forcing the children to look for work or go begging to provide income in this family,” the report said, adding that the big obstacle to accessing welfare measures Delhi government is the lack of awareness and some obstacles digital.
Sonal Kapoor, CEO, Protsahan India Foundation, said, “We are working with migrant children and extremely vulnerable from over 65 slum communities in Delhi.
Our soil report highlights the challenge of social protection no ration cards, rising child labor, etc., during a pandemic in Delhi.
One can only imagine the plight of children in other parts of the country.
” The report asked the state government to create awareness and provide access to government schemes for orphans Covid and Covid widow in BPL families.
It is also recommended speeding up the processing of e-Ration coupons while, providing financial assistance or other digital device for marginalized students to keep them in school, prioritizing gradual opening of schools and investment and prioritizing Delhi Saheli Samanvay Kendra Scheme in 2022.
Poor beware of Covid tests because they are afraid of losing income
