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REWARI: To quote Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Can anybody remember when the times were not hard, and money not scarce?"
What happens when a poor mother parts from her children as she is unable to afford one decent meal a day for them?
Does the earth split wide open or do the heavens cry? Odds are that words like 'inflation' and 'consumerism' would be thrown at her. But that's no respite for Kanta Devi from Rewari, as desperate times might have forced her to go the desperate way.
Having exhausted all the savings on the treatment of her husband Shankar Bahadur, who is suffering from tuberculosis and admitted to the civil hospital, Kanta was clearly going through extremely trying circumstances. On Sunday, a vernacular daily reported that the mother sold off her young daughter Una to a neighbour in exchange of Rs 6,000 and gave away her three-year-old son in adoption for merely Rs 50!
Though the district administration has dismissed these reports following a preliminary enquiry, a probe has been marked to the additional deputy commissioner.
Not too long ago, there were reports of how a debt-ridden man in Yamunanagar had no alternative but to sell off his 13-year-old daughter. And, they say, Haryana is a prosperous state.
In Kanta's case, the district administration has promised to help the family and also ensure free treatment for her husband. Deputy commissioner Chander Prakash claimed the family had been extended Rs 20,000 as financial assistance by the Red Cross Society. In addition, the family would be provided with an accommodation, the DC added.
"Kanta Devi has maintained she married off her daughter with her neighbour Sharda's son and that her three-year-old son was adopted," the officer said.
However, sources say while there is no proof of Uma's wedding, the procedure for the young boy's adoption too was not followed. Dismissing the allegations of Kanta 'mortgaging' her daughter and selling off her son, the DC said her daughter had maintained she was staying with the neighbour's family on her own will and they had also contacted the Gurgaon woman, who was reportedly ready to return the boy.
What happens when a poor mother parts from her children as she is unable to afford one decent meal a day for them?
Does the earth split wide open or do the heavens cry? Odds are that words like 'inflation' and 'consumerism' would be thrown at her. But that's no respite for Kanta Devi from Rewari, as desperate times might have forced her to go the desperate way.
Having exhausted all the savings on the treatment of her husband Shankar Bahadur, who is suffering from tuberculosis and admitted to the civil hospital, Kanta was clearly going through extremely trying circumstances. On Sunday, a vernacular daily reported that the mother sold off her young daughter Una to a neighbour in exchange of Rs 6,000 and gave away her three-year-old son in adoption for merely Rs 50!
Though the district administration has dismissed these reports following a preliminary enquiry, a probe has been marked to the additional deputy commissioner.
Not too long ago, there were reports of how a debt-ridden man in Yamunanagar had no alternative but to sell off his 13-year-old daughter. And, they say, Haryana is a prosperous state.
In Kanta's case, the district administration has promised to help the family and also ensure free treatment for her husband. Deputy commissioner Chander Prakash claimed the family had been extended Rs 20,000 as financial assistance by the Red Cross Society. In addition, the family would be provided with an accommodation, the DC added.
"Kanta Devi has maintained she married off her daughter with her neighbour Sharda's son and that her three-year-old son was adopted," the officer said.
However, sources say while there is no proof of Uma's wedding, the procedure for the young boy's adoption too was not followed. Dismissing the allegations of Kanta 'mortgaging' her daughter and selling off her son, the DC said her daughter had maintained she was staying with the neighbour's family on her own will and they had also contacted the Gurgaon woman, who was reportedly ready to return the boy.
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