A 24-year-old tribal girl, after losing a hand while working in a factory about nine years ago, has been running from pillar to post as she has not yet got the compensation amount from her employer. The DlC court had ordered the employer to pay Rs 2,52,435 amount to the victim girl.
Ashrita lakra, daughter of Sukra lakra, a resident of Pandratoli under Rajgangpur police station, while was 15 years’ old, was working in a Bileigarh-based stone crusher inside the premises of Radhakrushna Rice Mill with a meager monthly salary of Rs 2,500.
On February 23, 2008, while Ashrita was working along with her colleague Santi Minz, Ashrita’s saree was dragged in a conveyor belt of a stone crusher following which her right hand went inside machine and she was critically injured.
later at the hospital, Ashrita had to get her right hand amputated. After 15 days of treatment, she should have been sent to her house but she was kept inside factory premises.
The victim girl had not lodged FIR in police station since owner of factory Adesh Sharma had assured the family members of the victim girl to provide the expenses amount towards her treatment and also to provide her compensation.
However, Sharma did not provide any compensation.
Finding no other alternative, poor Ashrita lodged a complaint before the DlC, Rourkela on July 14, 2009 and the DlC court had registered a case.
The DlC had issued notice to factory owner Sharma at that time to put his views but he had not turned up before the DlC court. The court finally had announced its judgment on December 7, 2012 and had ordered Sharma to pay Rs 2,52,435 to Ashrita and had also ordered to pay the amount within 30 days otherwise the compensation amount of Rs 2,52,435 along with extra 12 per cent interest will be collected.
But after the judgment, four and a half years have passed, but Adesh was yet to receive the compensation.
Ashrita recently met Assistant labour Commissioner, Rourkela and requested him to give her justice.
“We are now contemplating to do certificate case against that factory owner since he has not provided compensation amount to that victim girl,” said AlC, Rourkela GR Tudu.