Hazaribag Sadar SDO Megha Bharadwaj and Mayor of Hazaribag Municipal Corporation Roshni Tirikey have come face to face on the issue of cremation of Covid 19 victims.
The SDO has asked to issue show cause to the Mayor and instructed to reply within 24 hours on the issue of not following the rules and regulation of lockdown and protested on the road with villagers on the issue of cremation of the Covid-19 victims on the bank of Konar River. The Mayor alleged to SDO that her action is baseless and one sided.
In the show cause SDO had written that during the protest with the villagers the Mayor was not maintaining the social distancing.
The Mayor was protesting on Ranchi- Patna road with the villagers for opposing the cremation of Covid -19 victims on the bank of Konar river. Bhardwaj said in the show cause that she must be reply within 24 hours.
On this issue the Mayor said in a press meet, “I have been elected by the public on the post of Mayor not by the Sadar SDO. The public came to me to solve the problem of burning the Covid-19 dead bodies on Konar river behind the private hospital. The deputy commissioner and local civic body chairman are the president under Disaster Management Act 2005 section 25(2). SDO is not authorized to ask the show cause to the president.”
She further said that when the protestors called her to solve the problem. She had gone there and she acted according to the rules and situations. Regarding the imposing section 144 in the district, she said that her office has not received any circular related to section 144.
Trikey said that she will listen the voice of public not the officer. She alleged that the action taken by the Sadar SDO is baseless and one sided. She said that the administration has to inform her that on which public places selected for the cremation of Covid 19 victims.