Amidst the second wave of the pandemic, a brief Coronavirus therapy facility arrange by Hemkunt Foundation in Sector 61 of Gurugram in Haryana was eliminated over allegations of turning it right into a warehouse and giving ration to farmer protestors. The land belongs to an unnamed Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) chief.
As per reviews, the land was leased to the controversial NGO for a interval of two months after the Community growth director of Hemkunt Foundation, Harteerath Singh, had requested for a 20,000 sq. ft land to arrange a Covid-19 centre. However, the NGO quickly repurposed the centre to function a warehouse to provide ration to the camps of farmer protestors.
While talking on the event, tent home operator Jagat Singh knowledgeable, “We gave this land to the foundation for a makeshift Covid centre for just two months. There was no patient in it for many days owing to a dip in the number of cases and the landowner asked them to vacate the land. Some of the volunteers of the foundation told him that they are distributing ration kit in farmers protest and we can’t let them use the land a warehouse. We informed the foundation four days ago but they have not vacated yet.”
Hemkunt Foundation claims ‘goons’ destroyed their Coronavirus therapy facility
In an announcement, the NGO alleged, “We need your help! Our O2 Centre at Gurgaon was destroyed forcefully today and our belongings were damaged.To continue helping everyone in need, we need access to 20,000 sq. ft. land at or near the City Centre of Gurgaon. Please help us spread the word.”
🆘🚨We want your assist! Our O2 Centre at Gurgaon was destroyed forcefully right now and our belongings have been damanged. To proceed serving to everybody in want, we want entry to twenty,000 sq. ft. land at or close to the City Centre of Gurgaon.Please assist us unfold the phrase#COVID19India pic.twitter.com/EJBd0ZDxTK— Hemkunt Foundation (@Hemkunt_Fdn) June 3, 2021
Hemkunt Foundation has claimed {that a} group of males ambushed the centre and destroyed it for exceeding the two-month lease interval. It has additionally allegedly paid ₹3.5 lacs as upkeep. Following the incident, a group of police headed by SDM (Badshahpur) Satish Yadav went to the spot to defuse the state of affairs. Although no police grievance was filed, SDM Yadav stated, “We are talking with foundation members and land owner and have asked them to give some time to vacate the land as the foundation is doing social work.”
Hemkunt Foundation may probably be violating FCRA legal guidelines
On May 9, OpIndia revealed a report on how just a few organizations and people could be breaking FCRA legal guidelines underneath the pretext of accumulating funds for Covid-19 reduction.
The authorities of India has a listing of NGOs registered in India. The majority of the NGOs have gotten their names included within the record because it is likely one of the circumstances to use for FCRA. When we tried to search out Hemkunt on DARPAN, it was nowhere to search out. There was just one NGO with the identify Hemkunt in it and it was registered in Punjab. We might give them the good thing about the doubt that they could haven’t registered with Darpan but nevertheless it has been ten years since they’re doing welfare initiatives. It is unclear why they didn’t register themselves with Darpan.
Despite this, our investigation revealed that the muse has collected funds from international donors via crowdfunding web sites comparable to Ketto, Milaap and DonateKart. It must be famous that Hemkunt Foundation was one of many predominant organizations after Khalsa Aid to be working at farmer protest websites at Delhi borders. They had arrange a tent metropolis for the protesting farmers. It is unclear if they’re diverting funds collected for Covid-19 reduction work to their different initiatives.