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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Tribals' rally on May 4 in Yavatmal dist over MGNREGA issue

Tribals' rally on May 4 in Yavatmal dist over MGNREGA issue

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published Published on May 1, 2012   modified Modified on May 1, 2012

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Tribals in the district have planned to take out a rally on May 4 in Pandharkawda town, 80 km from here, to demand a CBI probe into the alleged rampant corruption in the state and central government-sponsored schemes. According to them, people working under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) have been not been paid their wages since January 2012. Similarly the tribals deployed for plucking tendu leaves from the forest interiors have not been paid their bonus, they said. "The forest officials have not paid the bonus due to the tendu leaf pluckers till date, even though the government has released the amount to the district administration," Tendu Mazdoor Samiti convenor Bhimrao Naitam said. "The tribals working under the MGNREGA, have not been paid their rightful wages since January 2012, which is a criminal offence. We demand the state government to order a CBI probe into the rampant corruption involved in both the matters (bonus and wages)," he added. Naitam alleged that with the "blessings of the politicians", the contractors prepare bogus muster-rolls and pocket the entire fund. Meanwhile, president of the Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti (VJAS) Kishor Tiwari has demanded a probe into the allegations that politicians, officials and contractors were pocketing the huge funds meant for MGNREGA workers. "The agents of the contractors possess the job cards of the workers, based on which, they open the bank accounts in remote areas. The cheques against the wages are credited in these accounts and later withdrawn, as if the money was given to the actual labour. Crores of rupees are syphoned off this way," he said. When contacted, district collector Shravan Hardikar admitted that he had received complaints about such bogus muster rolls and that the works carried out by machines instead of labour. "I have asked the concerned officials to conduct a social audit, make site visits and verify whether the works are being done by machine and the labour. It is underway since February," Hardikar said.

IBN, 30 April, 2012, http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/tribals-rally-on-may-4-in-yavatmal-dist-over-mgnrega-issue/992738.html


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