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NREG monitoring team may visit Balangir: Srikant
PNS | Balangir
The performance of NREG in Balangir is not satisfactory and the central monitoring team is likely to visit the district soon to take stock of the situation. This was announced by Union Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilisers, Srikant Jena while speaking to mediapersons on Sunday evening after taking review of lower Suktel irrigation projects and performance of all centrally funded projects.
The lower Suktel irrigation projects although sanctioned way back in 1997 is yet to be completed. A revised estimate of more than Rs 1,100 crores have been sent to the Central Water Commission (CWC). Under PMGSY, as many as 65 roads are yet to be completed.
Similarly, the Khurda Road-Balangir railway line though sanctioned in 1993 is yet to be completed. The land acquisition process has been very slow. Even as a bypass road is badly required in the town, the consultancy firm which has been given the task is yet to submit its report, Jena said further.
Even though a large number of farmers have committed suicide, the State Government has not been able to submit its report on the situation, Jena said further. There is no shortage of fertilizers and the Central Government has supplied adequate fertilizers to the State. It is the craze for Gromor fertilizer which is creating such a situation even as other complex fertilizers of the same composition are also available. It is the duty of the State Government to check black marketing, he added further.
A five days seminar on the programmes run by the Central Government will be held in January and many Central Ministers will be joining it. It will be organised by the publicity wing of the Press Information Bureau (PIB), New Delhi, Jena informed further.
Even as the Government has given slogans of Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan and around 33 farmers have already committed suicide in the State, no condolence motion was adopted in the Assembly, said Congress leader in the Assembly, Bhupinder Singh. He demanded raising of relief amount for crop loss from Rs 4,000 to Rs 10,000 per acre. He also demanded the crop loss report of BJD team to be made public.
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NREG monitoring team may visit Balangir: Srikant
PNS | Balangir
The performance of NREG in Balangir is not satisfactory and the central monitoring team is likely to visit the district soon to take stock of the situation. This was announced by Union Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilisers, Srikant Jena while speaking to mediapersons on Sunday evening after taking review of lower Suktel irrigation projects and performance of all centrally funded projects.
The lower Suktel irrigation projects although sanctioned way back in 1997 is yet to be completed. A revised estimate of more than Rs 1,100 crores have been sent to the Central Water Commission (CWC). Under PMGSY, as many as 65 roads are yet to be completed.
Similarly, the Khurda Road-Balangir railway line though sanctioned in 1993 is yet to be completed. The land acquisition process has been very slow. Even as a bypass road is badly required in the town, the consultancy firm which has been given the task is yet to submit its report, Jena said further.
Even though a large number of farmers have committed suicide, the State Government has not been able to submit its report on the situation, Jena said further. There is no shortage of fertilizers and the Central Government has supplied adequate fertilizers to the State. It is the craze for Gromor fertilizer which is creating such a situation even as other complex fertilizers of the same composition are also available. It is the duty of the State Government to check black marketing, he added further.
A five days seminar on the programmes run by the Central Government will be held in January and many Central Ministers will be joining it. It will be organised by the publicity wing of the Press Information Bureau (PIB), New Delhi, Jena informed further.
Even as the Government has given slogans of Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan and around 33 farmers have already committed suicide in the State, no condolence motion was adopted in the Assembly, said Congress leader in the Assembly, Bhupinder Singh. He demanded raising of relief amount for crop loss from Rs 4,000 to Rs 10,000 per acre. He also demanded the crop loss report of BJD team to be made public.
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JB demands
CBI probe into mining scam
PNS | Balangir
Former Chief Minister of Odisha and Governor-designate of Assam JB Patnaik on Monday demanded that the Odisha Government order a CBI inquiry into the mining scam, which involves more than one department, including forest and mines. Moreover, as the scam is not confined to one State, it has assumed an inter-State significance, he observed while speaking to mediapersons here.
The Vigilance inquiry ordered by the State Government would not be effective in nailing the culprits involved in the scam, he said.
On the issue of farmers’ suicide, Patnaik said the State Government admits that there is crop loss and farmers have incurred loans, but it does not admit that the farmers are ending their lives due to the loan burden and crop loss.
“During our (Congress) regime we had issued instruction holding Collectors responsible for any such starvation death. Why no one is being held responsible for any such incident now,” he demanded to know. He also claimed that during the Congress rule various steps were taken to augment irrigation facilities in Balangir district and many projects, including Lower Suktel, were sanctioned. But the schemes have not been completed, he said
The vindictive attitude shown by the district administration against students by filing successive FIRs against them is unfortunate, he said.
Asked whether his appointment as Governor of Assam would create a void in the Congress in Odisha, he said no such thing would happen; rather, his new assignment is another opportunity for him to serve the nation.
Patnaik observed that the literature of Balangir would flourish only after the poverty of the region is removed
PNS | Balangir
Former Chief Minister of Odisha and Governor-designate of Assam JB Patnaik on Monday demanded that the Odisha Government order a CBI inquiry into the mining scam, which involves more than one department, including forest and mines. Moreover, as the scam is not confined to one State, it has assumed an inter-State significance, he observed while speaking to mediapersons here.
The Vigilance inquiry ordered by the State Government would not be effective in nailing the culprits involved in the scam, he said.
On the issue of farmers’ suicide, Patnaik said the State Government admits that there is crop loss and farmers have incurred loans, but it does not admit that the farmers are ending their lives due to the loan burden and crop loss.
“During our (Congress) regime we had issued instruction holding Collectors responsible for any such starvation death. Why no one is being held responsible for any such incident now,” he demanded to know. He also claimed that during the Congress rule various steps were taken to augment irrigation facilities in Balangir district and many projects, including Lower Suktel, were sanctioned. But the schemes have not been completed, he said
The vindictive attitude shown by the district administration against students by filing successive FIRs against them is unfortunate, he said.
Asked whether his appointment as Governor of Assam would create a void in the Congress in Odisha, he said no such thing would happen; rather, his new assignment is another opportunity for him to serve the nation.
Patnaik observed that the literature of Balangir would flourish only after the poverty of the region is removed
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