Chennai:
Madras High Court has directed the state government to file an
affidavit with regard to action taken against erring officials
following the death of four-year old girl P Devi, who fell into a 300
foot borewell near Arani in Tiruvanamalai district.
After hearing the counter petitions filed by the state and Union
government, the first bench comprising of acting chief justice Satish
K Agnihotri and Justice M M Sundresh passed the order and posted the
hearing after two weeks.
The counter petitions were filed after one G Sivagami moved the High
Court to regulate management of erection of borewells and management
of abandoned wells, tube wells and wells apart from seeking Rs 10 lakh
compensation to parents of P Devi.
This comes after the state submitted that director general of police
in Tamil Nadu has conveyed the guidelines of Supreme court of India on
measures for prevention of fatal accidents involving small children
falling into abandoned wells to all district level police officials
besides directing them to take tough deterrent action against the
agencies concerned which fail to follow the safety guidelines.
The state government has also submitted that additional chief
secretary of revenue administration has instructed district collectors
to instruct village administrative officers and heads of local bodies
to have a survey of the number of borewells in their jurisdiction and
to immediately seal the open bore wells by formulating a plan of
action on war footing.
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