Bonded Labourers of Western Odisha are yet to get rehabilitation assistance.
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By
SudhirMishra/Bolangir
12th November2015
Bonded Labourers of
Western Odisha are yet to get Rehabilitation Assistance.
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Bolangir; Even though the rehabilitation of
laboueres ,especially the Bonded Labour release with Bonded labour release certificate
years ago, should receive top priority ,however thanks to apathy of officials,
they are yet to get their “rehabilitation assistance” ,much to the chagrin of many.
As per the BondedLabour Systems (Abolitions)Act of
1976, a labourer released as Bonded labourer, is entitled to get assistance of
rupees 20,000/. While rupees one1000 is given on the spot and the
rest19000rupess is given to them at the home state.
The total amount of release assistance is shared by
both the State and Central Government on 50;50basis;whiletheCenter gives rupees
10,000/ the state Government gives other 10000 rupees.
Most of the Bondeed labourers hails from the ten
backward and migrant ion prone districts of western Odisha.
We don’t have Bonded labourer in our district. We
get them as Bonded Labourer with the release certificate after they are rescued
from outside State .So far 146Bonded labourers ofNuapada district are yet to receive their rehabilitation assistance. We have sent their
proposal to Panchyat Raj Department, which has been pending there since last
one and half years says a DRDA official of Nuapda.
In Bolangir district officially 94 proposals of
Bonded labourers, which includes 38male, 32 female and 24 children’s are
yet to receive their rehabilitation assistance is pending with
panchyatiRaj Department .
In Kalhandi district 54Bondedlabouers are yet
to receive their assistance, says DilipDas ofKalhandi .
Besides Bolangir,Kalhandi,Nuapada, in Bargarh
district ,unofficially the number of Bonded labourers yet to receive their
rehabilitation assistance stands at 104
The rehabilitation
assistance money of Bonded labour of Bolangir district was lying with
Panchyatri Raj department was for more than two years .After it was published in the Pioneer onOctober2014 it was also put before the NationalHuman Rights Commission
(NHRC) three day camp court held at Bhubneshwar on 10-12novermber2014,THE
NHRC issued notice to Bolangir collector to give money them first and a
total of 261 Bonded labourers were given rehabilitation assistance in two phase
By giving rupees 19,000/- the district
administration believe that its responsibility is over .Where as
the Bonded labourer should be rehabilitated with a comprehensive planning
and by providing linkages with all the social security schemes, Job work, land
development and other programme so that these labourers would live a decent
living and would not migrate again. In Bargarh district the district
administration initiated steps to provide land to less bonded labourer,
opines aNGO activist.
Moreover the Bonded labourers should receive
priority in getting Indira Awaaas Yojana as mentioned in the guideline which
hardly followed properly opines an NGO activist.
There seem to be gap between officials and people
representatives of this region on this issue .
“I was not appraised about the Bonded labour
assistance of 146 Bonded labourers pending at Bhubneshwar since last one
and half year .I would look into this issue” says BasantPanda MLA Nuapada to
this correspondent.
Apparently taking a cue from Bolangir bonded
labourgetting assistance last year and peeved at the apathy of officials
towards santctioning of Rehabilitation assistance money peopleof Nuapada
are contemplating to move toNHRC to address the issue
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We are going to submit a petition to NHRC about
Bonded laboureers of Nuapada district not getting their rehabilitation
assistance money since last one and half year ,says Fanindam Deo of
Nuapadadistrict to this correspondent. ---
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