K’handi villagers migrate as projects lie unfinished

Shared by Sri Swarnendu Sai
The Pioneer, Jan 6, 2012

The construction works of Rajiv Gandhi Seva Kendras in nine gram panchayats, including Haramal, Mandal, Pandigaon, Deypur, Kalampur, Bandhakana, Bijmara, Minigur and Bandakutra under Kalampur block are lying unfinished though the time-bound works had started on July 19, 2010.

Sources alleged that due to lack of coordination and laxity on the part of the Government officials, the building works are lying unfinished though the deadline for the projects is over.

The Government has also failed to achieve its target of providing wage-based work to the daily labourers of the locality. Without work in their villages, the rural labourers are forced to migrate to other States where they have their experiences of harassment and torture.
The sources informed that only 40 per cent (Rs 38 lakh) of the (Rs 90 lakh), earmarked for the projects, has been spent so far. Similarly, Kalampur block office construction works are yet to be completed even though four years have passed. Only (Rs 18 lakh) out of the estimated (Rs 25 lakh) has been spent.
Locals have demanded disciplinary action against the officials responsible for such lapses in finishing the projects.