The 102-year-old passed away in Thiruvananthapuram due to age-related ailments.
Firebrand Communist K.R. Gouri, who passed away at a private hospital in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday morning due to age-related ailments, has to her credit several firsts in her career trajectory that reflect both the ascent and descent of a women’s empowerment renaissance in Kerala.
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The 102-year-old held to her name the honour of being the longest serving woman legislator in Kerala Assembly, the one who has served in the largest number of Assemblies, the oldest woman member in the Assembly, the oldest woman Minister and the one with the highest number of victories in elections. She was also one of the ablest administrators Kerala has seen.
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Bhashan Char, situated in the district of Noakhali, is one of the 75 islands of Bangladesh. To ease the pressure on the digested camps in Cox’s Bazar and to maintain law and order, Bangladesh has relocated about 18,500 Rohingya refugees from the overcrowded camps to the island since December last year. The Rohingya relocation plan to Bhashan Char aligns with the Bangladesh government’s all-encompassing efforts towards repatriation. The initial plan was to relocate 100,000 of the more than a million refugees from the clogged camps to the island. From the onset of the relocation process, the UN and some other human rights organizations criticized the decision pointing to remoteness and sustainability. UNHCR showed their concern over the island’s susceptibility to seasonal storm and flood. They proposed for a “technical assessment” of the Bhashan Char facilities.