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PUNE, JULY 11, 2015 | www.thegoldensparrow.com
Wari helps these kids go to school
Every year, the youngsters wait for the Warkaris to begin their pilgrimage to Pandharpur. That’s when they take up odd jobs to earn enough money to pay for their education See Spotlight, p08 & 09 Aniruddha Rajandekar
Why are YCMH doctors planning to beg on the streets?
BY YOGESH SADHWANI and RAJIL MENON @yogeshsadhwani @RajilMenon Doctors at civic run Yashwantrao Chavan Memorial Hospital (YCMH) are a harried lot. Last month they were not paid their full salaries. This month
too they stand to lose a large chunk of their salaries. This is all thanks to hospital management’s decision to suddenly shift from manual muster to biometric system. The doctors lost out on 5-25 days of salary in May. For June, the situation is not going to be any different. With meagre salaries in hand, the doctors have now decided to
literally beg on the streets, wash cars, among doing other odd jobs, as a mark of protest. The doctors were in for a rude shock on June 20, when they received their May salaries. Not only was their salary late by 10 days, but a large chunk on their monthly remuneration was missing. When they confronted the administration at the hospital, they were told that biometric system did not show their presence in the hospital for several days, and hence their salaries had been deducted. The shocked doctors tried arguing but in vain. “For several months now the biometric machines have been in place and we have been asked to punch in everyday. At the same time, musters have also been kept in our departments to mark our attendance. All this while, the management paid us on the basis of attendance in the muster,” said one of the doctors who lost his salary for over 15 days. Another doctor who lost his pay for around 10 days, added, “If somebody forgot to enter in the muster, he would be marked absent by the end of the day. This is how stringent the management has been about muster system. They never cared about biometric system,” he added. Contd on p4
This man got his son arrested for temple theft BY GITESH SHELKE @gitesh_shelke On Wednesday, Puneites were shocked to hear about theft at the famous Mandai Ganpati Temple. The thief made good with jewellery worth Rs 50 lakhs adorning Sharada Gajanan idol. The very next day, mystery behind the crime was solved, all thanks to the thief ’s own father. Narayan Kudale, an auto rickshaw driver residing in Sainath Colony, turned up at Kothrud police station with a chunk of the stolen
jewellery. He announced that his son had come home late on Wednesday night wearing the ornaments around his neck. The man pleaded that his son should not be spared at any cost. Before coming to the police station Narayan, a school dropout, had locked his son inside the house. By the time he went back home with the cops, his son, Tanaji had escaped. But as far as cops were concerned, the mystery was solved. Nabbing Tanaji, a known drug abuser, was an easy task. Contd on p5
Narayan Kudale, autorickshaw driver