Tag: Delhi Health Minister A.K. Walia

Silicosis-affected workers die silent death in Delhi

September 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

For Gulli Devi, 55, even breathing is a pain. Every time she does so, she groans as it is accompanied by sporadic coughing. Suffering from silicosis, the reed-thin woman fends for herself as her husband and son died due to the same incurable disease that has claimed many lives in a village that is actually […]

accompanied by sporadic coughing affluent south Delhi neighbourhoods battling silicosis Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Delhi Health Minister A.K. Walia Director of PRASAR S.M. Azad dying of silicosis Gulli Devi national capital’s Lal Kuan village National Human Rights Commission People’s Rights and Social Research Centre prescribed medicines for tuberculosis Silicosis-affected workers die silent death in Delhi sufferer Narayani Devi Suffering from silicosis Workmen Compensation Act

Delhi fines 21,600 public smokers in 15 months

April 30, 2011 / April 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

Despite the ban on smoking in public places, people continue breaking the law and as many as 21,600 violators were fined in the national capital over the last 15 months, according to Delhi Health Minister A.K. Walia. ‘Between January 2010 and March 2011, a total of 181,000 places were inspected, and 21,600 persons and 3,200 […]

15 months Delhi Delhi Health Minister A.K. Walia public smokers