A Nature Guide Pankaj Mittal injured in Ranthambhore National Park
Ranthambhore(Sawai Madhopur):In a shocking incident, a nature guide got injured on date 17/03 /2013 around 7 am
while he was going to Ranthambhore National Park with the tourists in a
canter.Natures guide Mr Pankaj Mittal (45) who was appointed in a patrol canter
in the morning safari. After picking up tourists from Sawai Mdhopur lodge (Taj
Group Hotel) suddenly, he slipped out from the canter at the turn of the main
road. He got head injury and was admitted in the hospital for 3 days under the
observation of Dr. S.C. Garg at Sawai Madhopur. Later, Dr. Garg referred
him to Jaipur where he hospitalized for15 days due to brain injury. From 4th
April, 2013, he has been on bed rest as advised by doctor. He has been unable
to work and still on the bed. It is very shocking for his family as he is
only earning member but now there is no source of income for his family.
Therefore they are having very tough time. He has been working in Ranthambhore
National Park since 1988. But there is no one came forward to help him
including Forest department, NGO, hotelier and travel agents. Not a single
person from the forest department even met him formally to know his health
while they spent lots of money for the name of conservation of wild life. It is
really very unkind with him when mostly people ignore him. I have still remembered
that the end of the last day of nature guides’ training in 2007, our CWLW, Ms
Rukmani Haldiya addressed nature guides as, ‘the ambassador’ of
the park. D.F.O, R.S. Shekhawat also addressed the nature guides as the
ambassador of the park in the same programm. In refresher course, in 2011 our
local M.L.A, Mr. allauddin Azad also called the nature guides as the ambassadors of
the park.
On date 15 July, 2012, on the TV program me,” Save the tiger”
our forest &tourist minster, Ms Bina kak said that the nature guides are as
the Ear, Noise
and Eye of the park.
But still no reasonable basic essential benefits
are provided to these nature guides like insurance. The Employees State
Insurance Act 1948 is a piece of social security legislation conceived as a means
of extinction of the evils of society, namely disease, dirt, ignorance and
indigence. The object of this Act is to secure sickness, maternity,
disablement, and medical benefit to employees and dependants’ benefits to the
dependants. These benefits are secured by financial contributions to the Scheme
by employers and employees. So this state insurance should be applied
immediately on all nature guides and there must be stopped unfair labour
practices.
Even ,we have got Ranthambhore Foundation,
in which every day guides & drivers are contributing 5% of every safari
income. Why cannot, we can compensate / help/ assist needy persons like Pankaj
Mittal from foundation fund. After all everyone has right to survive. But we
are still, waiting for …………
Special Note: At last , we have been collecting the money for Him. If you are
interested please do so. It will be appreciable.
Contact Us:
Account Detail: Bank :- Bank of Baroda, Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan, India
Current A/C No:- 01170200011794
Account Name:- Ranthambhore Nature Guide Association
Account Name:- Ranthambhore Nature Guide Association
IFSC Code:- BARB 0 Mantown, SWM
Phone: +91-07462222251, +91-9413815712
E-mail: rnga06@gmail.com , shard.ran@gmail.com
Website: - http://www.ranthambhoreguides.com/
Thanks & regards
Nature Guide, Shard Ranthambhore
RNGA President
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