Dear GD greetings Who will hang the bell in cat's neck? In the name of DC and DDC bribe was taken? At the time of Baldeo raj inquiery BDO tried to manage the victims coluge to tell in favour of him he will give them 50,000 and another scheme with help of broker and on his mobile to them. What a game is going still tribals are in alarming state due to innosence nature.......................... who will bother their problem? Writing a blog and page you may be a good writer, unfortunately as HR activist their is no bold step coming from your group side. Please pl. do something BDO, Panchayat Sewak is still troubling the victims, we don't have more to handle the movement? Many ngo's of hazaribag during last week organized awareness campaign for NREGA scheme with the support of DFID. Convey my greetings for them with your pen. Now it is better time to stop the train who is killing the lives. We can't change the trak to another way while innocent people are their who are determind that killer train can't pass on the dead track.
kind regards rajeev On 7/28/08, S kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > *Jharkhand Forum | Jharkhand.org.in/forum *<http://www.jharkhand.org.in/> > <http://egroups.com/list/Jharkhand> > * * > > > LOTS OF MONEY FLOWS INTO JHARKAND N THE NAME OF TRIBAL DEVELOPMENT UNDER > SEVERAL PROGRAMMES OF THE CENTRE LIKE NREG AS WELL AS STATE PROGRAMMES AND > NGO-S BRINGING IN MILLIONS OF $ OM THE GUISE OF CHARITY BUT ACTUALLY USED > FOR CONVERSIONS TO CHRISTIANITY, BY THE MISSIONARIES. > > MOST OF SUCH FUNDS ARE DIVERTED TO PERSONAL USE BY POLITICIANS AND GOVT. > OFFICIALS AND TRIBALS REMAIN WHERE THEY ARE LOOKING TO PEOPLE ************* > KEEN ON CONVERTING THEM WITH INDUCEMENTS. > > JHARKAND HAS THE HISTORY OF PARLIAMENTARY CORRUPTION IN 1999 AND HISTORY > HAS REPEATED WITH SHIBU SOREN OFFERED MINISTERSHIP OF COAL AND OTHER > INCENTIVES FOR VOTING WITH UPA. > > DO YOU EXPECT ANY BETTER SITUATION UNDER THE UPA AT CENTRE AND SHIBU AND > KODA FOR THE STATE? > > --- On *Mon, 7/28/08, Gladson Dungdung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: > > From: Gladson Dungdung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [ =>> Jharkhand <<= ] Welfare's Victim? > To: > Date: Monday, July 28, 2008, 10:39 AM > > > > *Jharkhand Forum | Jharkhand.org. in/forum *<http://www.jharkhand.org.in%20/> > <http://egroups.com/list/Jharkhand> > * * > > > Welfare's Victim? > <http://bp1.blogger.com/_1JMyBl6hwC8/SI1STQA5w-I/AAAAAAAAAh8/mi0s6-tlVxI/s1600-h/mail.jpg> > *Tehelka.com* > *28 July, 2008 > * > *An NREGS contractor's self-immolation reveals rampant corruption in the > Scheme, reports GLADSON DUNGDUNG > * > > ACOMMUNITY THAT has always been on the receiving end of dubious > 'development' efforts undertaken in their name, the Adivasis of Jharkhand > can now add the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) to the > long list of their torments. The latest victim is 34-year-old Tapas Soren of > Sarwaha village in Hazaribagh district, a small-time NREGS contractor whose > death by self-immolation was reported across the country. On July 2 > afternoon, Soren set himself afire at Hazaribagh's busy Charhi Chowk. He was > admitted to a Ranchi hospital and later on referred to Safdarjung hospital, > New Delhi where he succumbed to his injuries on July 8. > > Soren's family — his wife Dashmi, 5-year-old son Sameer and 7-year-old > daughter Sumanti — depended on agriculture, > <http://bp2.blogger.com/_1JMyBl6hwC8/SI1SPKn73-I/AAAAAAAAAh0/hF-_-qFaHlc/s1600-h/mails.jpg>coal > selling and forest produce for their survival. In December, 2007 Soren had > secured a contract worth Rs 1.69 lakh under the NREGS for digging a well in > his village. After the first phase of the scheme was completed, Soren had > withdrawn Rs 22,500 from his bank account and had paid Rs 15,000 to the > Block Development Officer (BDO) Manmohan Prasad as his "share" and the rest > he paid as wages to his co-workers. After the second phase, he withdrew Rs > 50,000 in the presence of Panchayat Sevak Brij Kishor Mahto, who took Rs > 35,000 from him as bribe, and threatened that the balance amount would not > be released unless he pays the "share" of higher officers including the > Deputy Commissioner. > > The next time Soren went to the bank, he was stunned to find that the > remaining money was already withdrawn from his account with the involvement > of bank officials. His complaints to bank authorities fell on deaf ears, > while his co-workers started putting pressure on him for wages that were > due. A rumour started doing the rounds that Soren had pocketed the money and > was making a fool of his co-workers. To add to his troubles, a letter > arrived from NREGS authorities demanding that he submit accounts to the > concerned officer. This was the last straw; what prompted Soren to take the > drastic step of self-immolation. The events that led up to the incident were > recounted by Soren himself in a statement made in the hospital, and recorded > on camera by the civil society group Jharkhand Mines Area Coordination > Committee (JMACC), of which he was a member. > > Soren's self-immolation has created a storm in the social and political > arenas of Jharkhand, and on the day of his funeral, some 2000 members of > JMACC protested with the dead body in front of the governor's residence > demanding punishment to the guilty and compensation for Soren's family. > Former MP and president of Dishum Party Salkhan Murmu called for a CBI probe > while Congress MLA Niyel Tirkey even demanded that Jharkhand's minister for > rural development Anos Ekka be charged with murder. > > According to Sister Jema, an activist of Chotanagpur Adivasi Seva Samity > who is very much involved in the case, corruption is widespread in the > NREGS, and the Scheme benefits only the officials, and not the poor whom its > intended for. "The bribe is fixed in percentage in all the schemes. Four > percent to panchayat sevak, five percent to BDO, five percent to the > engineer in charge, the list goes on. How can anyone carry out work in a > situation like this?" she asks. > > Under the orders of Chief Minister Madhu Koda, three of the officials > involved — BDO Manmohan Prasad, Panchayat Sevak Brij Kishor Mahto and Junior > Engineer Dinesh Prasad — have been suspended. Interestingly, 38 complaints > related to corruption in NREGS were registered in Hazaribagh district but no > action had been taken on any of them. > > According to investigating officer Baldev Raj, Soren's death was not due to > corruption but a "mistake" done by the bank. JMACC general secretary Punit > Minz is quick to dismiss this claim, saying, "The investigation officer is > trying to shield the corrupt officers, and his statements amount to rubbing > salt on Soren's family. But we're determined to fight until justice is > secured." > > From Tehelka Magazine, Vol 5, Issue 30, Dated Aug 02, 2008 > > > > *Jharkhand Forum | Jharkhand.org. in/forum *<http://www.jharkhand.org.in%20/> > <http://egroups.com/list/Jharkhand> > * * > > > > > > > -- If you are close near by ocean of knowledge 'Its hard to make progress unless you are willing to get your feet wet' Convenor Social Upliftment Trust, 09431557400, 09431500653, 06546 232497, www.geocities.com/suthzb/home.html
