“Situation
of Malnourished and impoverished Juang Tribes of Nagada Village in Jajpur district, Odisha”
-
---RTI-based
Performance
Audit Report ( 2016-2019)---
Prepared by : Right to Food Campaign, Odisha
1.
Nagada Village- A Nightmare
Nagada, a revenue village and
habitation of Juang Primitive Tribal Groups is surrounded by mountainous forest
from all sides. It is 18 kms away from
Chungudipal Gram Panchayat office, around 20 kms from Tata Mining Hospital and 30 kms from Sukinda block of Jajpur
district, Odisha. There is no road
connected to the village. Rocky mountainous track is the only path and medium
of communication for the tribal people
from their village to Gram Panchayat and rest of the world. There is another village named Guhisala
located in the mountain. These two villages
comprises of six hamlets
namely Guhiasala ( Taladiha), Naliadaba,
Upper Nagada, Majhi Nagada, Tala Nagada and Tumuni. Total population of the
village is 579 and child population 273
( 0-5 years -127 and 6-14 years-146 ). Tata
Mining operation is just 15 kms from this area. Agriculture and allied activity are the main source of livelihood of
the villagers. They use to grow paddy with local variety and they are well acquainted with “Podu
Chasa” ( shifting cultivation) and they
depend mainly on local breed goat, buffalo and poultry for livelihood.
2.
First Intervention of Right to Food Campaign, Odisha
on 12th
July 2016, mass media covered news about
19 infant deaths
of Juang tribes ( Primitive
Tribal Groups) in Nagada village
coming under administrative jurisdiction of Sukinda block
of Jajpur district. Having been
perturbed over the news, a 6-member team
of Right to Food Campaign, Odisha
constituting a Fact-finding Team visited
to Nagada on 15th and 16th July,2016 to assess the situation of alleged infant death due to malnutrition, reason
of infant deaths and rise of hunger and
malnutrition in Nagada village, socio-economic condition of Juang tribes, status of
implementation of food security Programme and necessary steps required to be
taken up in future to combat the problem.
During the visit,the team observed that It was observed that all the people are thin and short. Almost all
children within the age group of 3 to 4 years are seen malnourished. All of them are illiterate and could not
understand Odia language. There is neither Anganwadi Centre nor primary school
in the village. A private Chatashali school (pre-primary education centre) is
running in the village managed by ASPIRE,
an NGO which operates from New Delhi.
No Govt. official except Anganawdi Worker has visited this village
within last 10 years. No health institution
or ICDS project is available in the village. The Team
has made a 14-point recommendations to the State
Govt. to take various steps
in the field of improving
their health condition by
providing 6 months free food, providing nutritious
food to the children
etc. On 18.7.16, the Fact-finding report was also presented to Chief
Secretary, Govt. of Odisha, Secretary, Women and Child Development Department,
Health and Family Welfare Department, SC and ST development Department and
Revenue Divisional Commissioner, Central Division, Cuttack seeking enquiry and
quick action by the Govt. to save
the tribals from hunger and malnutrition ( please visit
the link to get
the detailed Fact-finding Report https://odishasoochana.blogspot.com/2019/06/state-sponsored-murder-of-infants-in.html .)
3.
2nd Visit
to Nagada to
monitor the intervention of the f State Govt.
As decided earlier, a 7-member
Fact-finding Team visited Nagada
village on 5.8.16 to assess and monitor performance and intervention of the
State Govt. to check
malnutrition and improve health
condition of malnourished
children. The Team observed that
the relief operation conducted
by Govt. has no way helped the
tribals . This half-hazard intervention
can not check malnutrition in the
village in the long run. A detailed Report with a lot of recommendation
was presented to State Govt. and RDC,
Central Division seeking appropriate
intervention in Nagada village. ( The report is
available in this link https://odishasoochana.blogspot.com/2019/06/report-of-monitoring-team-on-nagada.html).
4. 3rd
Fact-finding Visit of Right to Food Campaign, Odisha
A 4-member Fact-finding Team
of Right to Food Campaign, Odisha had visited Nagada village, habitation of Juang
tribes ( Particularly Vulnerable Tribal
Group) on 17.2.17 with the objective to assess the
socio-economic condition of Juang Tribes, health condition and
nutritional standard of the children,
status of development work, changes, if
any in the life of the people after intervention of the Govt. of eight months. Earlier, the road to Nagada was rocky and
inaccessible. But during visit of the team, there is little bit improvement in
the communication to the village due to
construction of new road by the Govt. However, The Team takes two hours to reach
Nagada village. The Team members visited Tala Nagada, Majhi Nagada, Upara
Nagada, met villagers, interacted
with women, inspected Aganwadi Centre and health condition of the
children, assessed impact of the Govt. programme, their food
security situation etc. The Team made a
detailed study of
situation of food security tribals,
status of distribution of forest land patta, functioning of Anganwadi
Centres, road connectivity and status of
Primary school etc. the Team came across
a lot of issues and came out certain recommendation which was presented to Govt. for
improvement. ( Report is available in https://odishasoochana.blogspot.com/2019/06/3rd-fact-finding-report-on-nagada.html)
5. RTI-based
Monitoring of Intervention of the
State Govt. in Nagada village
Having seen a lot of investment by a
number of Govt. agencies like W&DC
Dept. Food Supply Dept. Panchayat Raj, Health and Family Welfare Dept, Forest and Environment Dept. Dept. of V
and ARD etc. RTI Application was filed on 31.10.16.
to the PIO, Dept. of Women and Child Development, Govt. of Odisha seeking detailed expenditure made for
carrying out various work in
Nagada and Guhiasal village. RTI Application was forwarded
to the PIO, DRDA, Jajpur to
provide information. But the PIO did not supply any information.
On 27.6.17., a Complaint case was filed
in the office of Odisha Information Commission seeking direction to the PIO to supply information free of cost
and impose penalty on PIO for
non-compliance of RTI Application under section 20 of the RTI Act. The
Commission registered the case as Complaint Case No. 300/17 and issued
notice dt. 29.3.19 to the
PIO, DRDA, Jajpur to explain why information was not supplied. On 3.5.19, the PIO has supplied
information about detailed expenditure made against various work undertaken
by a number of Departments. These
are as
follows.
6. Details
of fund sanctioned and Activity undertaken in Nagada Village
6.1.
Health
|
Name of
the activity
|
Amount sanctioned
|
Amount utilized
|
|
State Budget Public Health Response Fund 2016-17 ( Mobility Support for
screening of RBSK MHT Team , recurring expenditure )
|
Rs. 10,00,000.00
|
Rs. 2,53,009.00
|
|
Maternity
Waiting Home ( Maa Gruha) at Sukinda for the year 2016-17 and 2017-18
|
Rs. 8,43,850.00
|
Rs. 6,03,937.00
|
|
Functioning
of NRC at Sukinda Recurring Cost for the year 2016-17 & 2017-18
|
Rs. 8,58,000.00
|
Rs. 3,61,999.00
|
|
Total
|
Rs. 27,01,850.00
|
Rs. 12,18,981.00
|
( Source- CDM&PHO, Jajpur vide letter
No. 2876 dt. 22.4.2019)
6.2.
Project under IAP for Nagada village
|
Name of the
project
|
Amount sanctioned
|
Amount utilized
|
|
Construction of
bore-well at Nagada village
|
Rs. 2,00,000.00
|
Rs. 2,00,000.00
|
|
Construction
of Road from Naliadaba to Upper Nagada with village premises road of Upper
Nagada, Sukinda Block
|
Rs. 5,00,000.00
|
Rs. 5,00,000.00
|
|
Construction
of Road from Upper Nagada to Majhi Nagada with village premises road of majhi Nagada, Sukinda Block
|
Rs. 5,00,000.00
|
Rs. 5,00,000.00
|
|
Construction
of Road from Majhi Nagada to Tala Nagada with village premises road of Tala
Nagada, Sukinda block
|
Rs. 2,55,000.00
|
Rs. 2,55,000.00
|
|
Construction
of Road from Naliadaba to Guhiasal with
village premises road of
Guhiasal, Sukinda Block
|
Rs. 2,62,000.00
|
Rs. 2,62,000.00
|
|
Construction
of Road from Naliadaba to Tumuni with
village premises road of Tumuni , Sukinda Block
|
Rs. 2,40,000.00
|
Rs. 2,40,000.00
|
|
Total
|
Rs. 21,57,000.00
|
Rs. 21,57,000.00
|
(
Source- Deputy Director, P&S, Jajpur reported on 18.4.19 )
6.3.
Projects taken up by
BDO, Sukinda Block ( IAP less and Interest money)
|
Name of the project
|
Estimated cost
|
Expenditure
|
|
Construction of road from Naliadaba to Uppar
Nagada with village premises of
Uppar Nagada
|
Rs. 5,00,000.00
|
Rs. 3,22,000.00
|
|
Construction of road from Uppar Nagada to Majhi
Nagada and village premises of Majhi Nagada
|
Rs. 5,00,000.00
|
Rs. 5,00,000.00
|
|
Construction of road from Majhi Nagada to Tala Nagada with village
premises to Tala Nagada
|
Rs. 2,55,000.00
|
Rs.2,55,000.00
|
|
Construction of road from Naliadaba to Tumuni with village premises
Tumini
|
Rs. 4,40,000.00
|
Rs. 4,40,000.00
|
|
Construction of road from Naliadaba to Guhiasal with village premises
of Guhiasal
|
Rs. 2,62,000.00
|
Rs. 1,41,000.00
|
|
Road from Ashokjhar to Foot Hill of Natiapani
|
Rs. 25,53,000.00
|
Rs. 25,53,000.00
|
|
Total
|
Rs.
45,40,000.00
|
Rs.
42,41,000.00
|
(
Source- BDO, Sukinda dated 2.5.19)
6.4.
CC Road at Nagada ( IAP Less
and Interest Money )
|
Name of the project
|
Estimated Cost
|
Expenditure
|
|
Construction of CC Road with
drain from RD Road to Tala Nagada village
|
Rs. 5,00,000.00
|
Rs. 5,00,000.00
|
|
Construction of CC Road with drain at Tala Nagada near AWC
|
Rs. 5,00,000.00
|
Rs. 5,00,000.00
|
|
Construction of CC road with drain at Majhi Nagada village
|
Rs. 5,00,000.00
|
Rs. 5,00,000.00
|
|
Construction of CC Road with
drain at Uppar Nagada Village
|
Rs. 5,00,000.00
|
Rs. 5,00,000.00
|
|
Total
|
Rs.
20,00,000.00
|
Rs.
20,00,000.00
|
6.5.
Project cost details
of Nagada ( UE-Village) under RGGVY -12TH Plan RE Work
Infrastructure details
associated with Nagada electrification
( total
project cost Rs. 1.8
crore )
|
Material details
|
UOM
|
Quantity used
|
|
9m STP
|
Nos
|
247
|
|
8m STP
|
Nos
|
31
|
|
RSJ
|
Nos
|
4
|
|
25KVA DTR
|
Nos
|
2
|
|
HT AB Cable
|
Km.
|
6.613
|
|
Lt 3Ph AB Cable
|
Km.
|
0.656
|
|
BPL Connection
|
Nos
|
60
|
(
Source- Executive Engineer, Electrical, JRED, Jajpur dated 19.4.19)
6.6.
Social Security Measures
Out of 570 population of
UIppar Nagada, Majhi Nagada, tala Nagada, Uppar Guhiasahi, Tala Guhiasahi &
Tumuni, 82 beneficiaries are getting various pension like
IGNOAP, IGNWP, IGNDP, MBPY( OAP), MBPY(WP), MBPY( DP) @ Rs. 300.00 per
month in the total Rs. 24, 000.00 per
month. ( Source-DSSO, Jajpur).
6.7.
Construction of Road from Ashokjhar Foot Hill to Lower Nagada upto Dhenkanal Border
Construction of Road from Ashokjhar Foot Hill to Lower Nagada UPTO Dhenkanal Border which is at length 7.66 km. The expenditure incurred towards the above construction is Rs. 1495.64 lakh. The work has been completed. (
Source- Executive Engineer, RD-1, Jajpur) .
6.8.
Amount spent under Rural Housing scheme
There was
proposal for construction of 60
nos. of houses for the people of Nagada
villages under Rural Housing Scheme ( BPGY-Mining). All the 60 nos. houses
have been taken up at the cost of Rs. 2,30,00,000.00 and the same have been completed. All those houses have been taken up departmentally by BDO, Sukinda. In total Rs. 1,38,00,000.00
have been spent for Nagada people . ( Source- APD(RH), DRDA, Jajpur)
6.9.
Social Welfare Activities
In order to save children from malnutrition in Nagada
villages , the following activities
are undertaken by W&CD Dept.
That after identification of
Nagada issue, 4 nos. of mini AWC has been sanctioned and operationalized namely 1. Tala Nagada, 2. Uppara Nagada, 3.
Tumuni, 4. Tala Guhiasahi. All these AWC
are providing nutritional support like THR Chatua to the children and pregnant woman & Nursing
mothers and Hot cook meals to 3 to 6
years children. Immunization programme
like TT, POLIO, DPT, BCG, MEASLES are providing in every Wednesday in the
Nagada area in every month. All the
households are provided with
water filter and the people are motivated the benefit of safe drinking water
and use of filter by the AWWs and lady supervisor during their home visit. All SAM ( Severe Acute Malnourished) children are referred to NRC, Sukinda &
JAJPUR Road for clinical treatment. During 2017-18, 4 nos. of Mining AWC & 1 no. of AWC building have
been sanctioned amounting 35 lakhs & 7 lakhs for each AWC building under
MGNREGS under W&CD Dept. But no
expenditure has been made as the
construction work have not yet
completed. ( Source-DSSO, Jajpur dated 20.4.19)
6.10.
Horticultural Activities
One thousand ( 1000) Nos of fruit plants of
different species like Mango, Cashew, Jackfruit, Aonla, Guava,Custard apple,
Jmun, Pomegranate, Bael, Papaya, Drumstick
and Banana have been planted in
the land of beneficiaries , also in roadside , also in Govt. land in the rainy season, ( 2017-18) for better
production and environmental protection. Besides that various vegetable seeds
and seedlings have been given to the
beneficiaries in Kharif , 2017-18 for
kitchen gardening in their land and also
in school area. For the above purpose, a sum of Rs. 5,44,665.00 has been spent from District Mineral Fund ( DMF). (
Source: Asst. Horticulture, Jajpur dated 30.4.19).
6.11.
Solar Light
127 nos. of Solar home light
and 16 nos. of solar street light system
have been installed at Nagada
village. It has been done by Chief Executive, OREDA, Bhubaneswar.
Only a sum of Rs. 13,700.00 have been spent for
maintenance, replacement and repair of
solar lights which has been made by BDO, Sukinda out of IAP funds. (
Source- Assistant Director, OREDA, Jajpur dt. 18.4.19) .
6.12.
Supply of Drinking
water to Nagada village
The following
project has been taken up by E.E., RWSS
DIVISION, Jajpur for supply of water to
Nagada village.
|
Name of the
Project
|
Amount released ( in Lakh)
|
Amount spent ( In Lakh)
|
|
Gravity flow water supply project in village Nagada
|
9.00
|
8.74
|
|
Gravity flow water supply project in village Guhiasala
|
10.00
|
4.96
|
|
Gravity flow water supply in village Tumuni
|
10.00
|
2.42
|
|
Laying of HDPE pipe, construction of filter tank. Stand
post & village chamber at village Nagada
|
23.20
|
23.20
|
|
Construction of Masnory sanitary well, laying of HDPE
pipe line at village Majhi Nagada
|
14.24
|
14.24
|
|
Total
|
66.44
|
53.56
|
6.13.
Mid-Day-Meal programme
Fund released to
Nagada primary school for MDM programme is as follows.
|
Year
|
Amount released
|
|
2017-18
|
Rs. 1,24,137.00
|
|
2018-19
|
Rs. 1,27,004.00
|
|
Total
|
Rs. 2,51,141.00
|
6.14.
Odisha Livelihood
Mission
118 eligible women
members have been organized in 10 SHGs ( Nagada-5 SHGs, Tumuni-2 SHGs and
Guhiasal-3 SHGs) . All the above SHGs have been released Rs. 15,000.00 each as
revolving fund to the bank account of
SHGs. The SHGs have purchased 50 nos. of goats and two bucks using the
revolving fund. Total Rs.1,50, 000.00 provided
to 10 SHGs as revolving fund from O.L.M.
Rs.10,000.00 given to 2
families @ Rs. 5,000.00 each of Nagada
to set up two small grocery shop at Nagada from SHG federation of Chingudipal GP. Rs. 90,000.00 provided to
the Cluster Level Forum to meet
emergency need of the families with an interest of 0-3 per annum charged
by CLF. ( source- DPM, OLM, Jajpur dated
17.4.19).
6.17.Activities under
ARD sector & Expenditure
During 2016-17, Rs. 90,000.00 has been released for supply of 4 wks old colour birds under
backyard poultry. Rs. 5,000.00 has
been spent towards insurance farmers share
for livelihood insurance. During 2017-18, Rs. 40,000.00 has been spent for
supply of 4 wks old colour birds
under backward poultry scheme. ( Source- CDVO, Jajpur dated 2.5.19)
6.18.Fund provided by
Odisha Mining Corporation
Financial assistance of Rs.
50.00 lakh has been released by OMC for Nagada affected children in 2 phases. Besides, two Mining
Anganwadi Centre at Tumuni & Uppar Nagada
have been constructed by OMC at a cost
of Rs. 6,75,000.00 and Rs.
6,80,00,000.00 respectively. ( Source- Sr. Manager Personnel, RO, dated 2.5.2019).
6.19.Under MGNREGS & Rural Housing
During 2016-17, 29 no. of
individual project and 11 community
projects have been taken up under
MGNREGS for beneficiaries of Nagada and
Guhiasala villages along with 5 land development projects and 4 NADEP
compost with an estimated cost of Rs. 70.18 lakh .
During 2017-18., 11 no. of projects
to the tune of Rs. 13.06 lakh has been approved . 8000 teak plants planted over 5
ha. Of land in Upper Nagada by Forest
and Environment Department.
Total project
sanctioned with estimated budget , mandays generated and fund utilized
|
Total project sanctioned
|
Estimated Cost
( In lakh)
|
Expenditure incurred
( Rs.)
|
Mandays generated
|
Remarks
|
|
65
|
88.04
|
4.64
|
2654
|
|
6.20.Fund sanctioned
out of SSA, Jajpur
|
section
|
Activity
|
Amount ( in Rs.)
|
|
Girl section
|
Uniform
|
20,400.00
|
|
Girl section
|
Uniform& shoe
|
34,800.00
|
|
Civil Section
|
Class Room
|
13,99,214.00
|
|
Civil Section
|
Temporary kitchen shed near Anganwadi Centre
|
59,000.00
|
|
Civil Section
|
Anganwadi Centre flooring, outer side plinth protection wall , approach road and culvert
|
4,78,000.00
|
|
Civil Section
|
Kitchen shed
|
1,20,000.00
|
|
Civil Section
|
Toilet & Back side Retaining wall, ramp & Step
|
2,95,169.00
|
|
|
Total
|
24,06,583.00
|
( Source- Sr. Consultants, SSA, Jajpur)
6.21.Fund sanctioned by
SC and ST Development Department
|
Name of the
Activity
|
Expenditure ( in Rs.)
|
|
Skill development training to 100 ST people from Nagada & adjacent villages
|
5,00,000.00
|
|
Supply of agricultural implements to 105 beneficiaries from Nagada
|
2,10,000.00
|
|
Construction of Road
from Foot Hill to Nagada
|
2,00,00,000.00
|
|
Total
|
2,07,10,000.00
|
(Source-DWO, Jajpur dated 2.5.19)
(Total amount spent for Nagada village within
3 years is Rs 23.57 crores )
7.
Monitoring of works
and verification of utilization of fund in
Nagada village by 5-member team of Right
to Food Campaign, Odisha
Armed with
RTI information, a five-member monitoring team consisting of Pradip
Pradhan, Mrs. Sanjukta Panigarhi, Jitendra Sahu, Suryamani Mishra and Tapan
Rout, local volunteer visited Nagada village on 8.6.19. to
verify
whether fund has been properly
utilized sanctioned against each project by various line departments and how
huge investment helped checking
malnutrition and ensured food security
of Juang tribals. The Team
has limitation in respect
of monitoring of
technicality of many
development work undertaken in this village due to lack of knowledge of technical know-how and expertise. The Team has
estimated the physical assessment of the work
and how it has helped
the people.
A. Team
assessed health condition of
Juang children in Nagada
village and interviewed the villagers about their
present food habit. The team members found 8 number of Juang children still malnourished. Their photos are presented below. Responding query about their food taken by
them each day. They ( Suniari
Pradhan, Gaithu Padhan) said that they
used to take rice, dal
or rice, salt in breakfast, lunch and dinner. Vegetable is hardly available for them to eat. The same reply received by us in 2016 when
we had visited Nagada and enquired to know about
their food aftermath of media
news about death of 23 malnourished children . the Team also
noticed storage of Mango karnel for human consumption furing rainy season, time
of food scarcity. Poverty and food
insecurity still looms large
in Nagada village. Govt.
intervention has totally failed to
bring any changes in their
food habit
B.
The project-wise expenditure during last 3 years and assessment of the Team in the village is as
follows.
|
Govt.
Intervention
|
Objective of the intervention
|
Total amount utilized
|
Assessment of the Team and Present status
|
|
Health
|
Objective
of the intervention was to
provide instant treatment to malnourished children
through Maternity waiting Home and NRC
|
Rs. 12,18,981.00
|
Malnutrition has
not yet been
checked. There are number of the children who are still suffering malnutrition. Govt. Intervention
has not made substantial contribution in checking
malnutrition in the village.
|
|
Construction of Road from Ashokjhar Foot
Hill to Lower Nagada by Executive
Engineer, RD-1, Jajpur
|
To ensure
road connectivity to Nagada ,
as there was no road
to this village
|
Rs. 17
crores ( Rs. 15 crores by Executive
Engineer, RD-1, Jajpur and Rs. 2 crores
by SC and ST Welfare
Department)
|
It is a
highest budget for
construction of a road to a tribal village in Odisha. Road has
been constructed and
accessable to village in vehicle. Four wheeler vehicle
passes through this
road. But road is substandard and low quality. may
get damaged during
coming monsoon period.
|
|
Road
Connectivity within the
village from Uppara Nagada to
Majhi Nagada and Tala Nagada with CC
Road under IAP by BDO, Sukinda.
|
To ensure
road connectivity in
Nagada villages
|
Rs. 83,98,000.00
|
As per
RTI Information, Double or
triple budget estimate and
expenditure has been made for
construction of same road
within 3 years. No doubt, this is
huge expenses requires to be investigated whether
fund has been properly utilized.
The team apprehended huge
corruption and embezzlement of
fund by officials and contractors.
|
|
Electrification under RGGVY -12TH Plan
RE Work
|
To ensure
electricity to the
household of Nagada village
|
Rs. 1.8
crores
|
There is pole installed and electricity wire
connected. As per RTI information, 60 BPL families have
been given connection. But during field
inquiry by the team, it was
found that electricity connection has
not been made to any household in all three Nagada villages till
yet. Electricity motor , main switch , wire are seen buried in the field.
There is no electricity in the
village. This is simply wastage of public money.
|
|
Rural
Housing ( Biju Pucca Ghara
Yojana) by BDO, Sukinda
|
All the 60 nos. of houses have been completed.
All those houses have been taken up departmentally by BDO, Sukinda.
|
Rs. 1,38,00,000.00
|
The houses constructed are counted
by the team and found 60 completed. But the work is very substandard and cannot last for two years. A
technical-expert team must be sent to
inquire into whether the work
has been done properly.
|
|
Functioning
of Anganwadi centres in Nagada village
|
Two Mining
Anganwadi centers sanctioned at Tala
Nagada and Uppar Nagada. During 2017-18, 4 nos. of Mining AWC & 1 no. of
AWC building have been sanctioned
amounting 35 lakhs & 7 lakhs for each AWC building under MGNREGS under W&CD dept.
As per RTI Information, All
these AWC are providing nutritional support like THR Chatua to the children and pregnant woman & Nursing
mothers and Hot cook meals to 3 to 6
years children. Immunization programme
like TT, POLIO, DPT, BCG, MEASLES are providing in every Wednesday in the
Nagada area in every month.
|
|
Though two years
have passed, Construction of no
Anganwadi Building has yet been
started. One make-shift house constructed
by OMC at Uppar Nagada at the cost
of Rs. 6, 80,000.00 and another
one at Tala Nagada has been made by
Tata Steel.
During
field inquiry by the team, it was observed that fooding
is only provided to the children from 0-3 years even not to 3-6 years as they
say children above 3 years will get food under mid day meal schemes but mid
day meal is given in schools where children above 6 years are studying. So no care is taken about the children from
3-6 years. Even the fooding provided is not adequate according to the nutritional
demand of a child. So many children
with no food or less food are suffering from malnutrition and various
diseases. Even there are no adequate health workers in that area. No proper immunization is provided to the
children giving lame excuses. Even for
mothers there are no adequate health workers, so no attention is given to the
mothers and other health related issues. In a long duration some health
wotkers might come and in spite of giving personal attention to all health
compromised patients they will ask them to gather at one place and
superficial screening is done. So both food and health is compromised.
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Supply of
drinking water to Nagada village by Executive
Engineer, RWSS DIVISION, Jajpur
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To
supply clean drinking water to all the
villages As per RTI information, walter filter
has been supplied to each
household
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Rs. 53.56 lakhs
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During inquiry, it was found that this
project has completely failed
to achieve anything. Water
filter supplied to
each HH is used
for storage of rice, Biri and
vegetables. There is no water supply
in the village. HDPE pipe is just lying on the ground of no use. The
people are still seen collecting water from
stream for drinking purpose. Filter Tank is in deserted condition.
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Formation of women SHGs by
Odisha Livelihood Mission
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The objective of the programme is to
empower the women and to be
self-sufficient. Five women SHGs have been formed. All the above SHGs have
been released Rs. 15,000.00 each as revolving fund to the bank account of SHGs. The SHGs have purchased 50
nos. of goats and two bucks using the revolving fund. Rs.10,000.00 given to 2
families @ Rs. 5,000.00 each of Nagada
to set up two small grocery shop at Nagada from SHG federation of Chingudipal GP.
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During
interaction with women members, it was observed that No money has ever
reached directly to the people. Money actually is received by some sir who is
presiding over various SHG groups
meeting which includes members of the group. The sir has taken all the
passbooks, account details of almost
every individual who has a bank account.
As the people are illiterate they are
asked by sir to give their fingerprint of receiving money from govt. But actually they have not
received any money because all the details are with the sir who
deceive these people and take all money in his own account which
requires thorough investigation. The
SHGs have not purchased the goat. Rather goat has been supplied to them. We
could not see any grocery shop
in the village.
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Activities under ARD sector & Expenditure by
office of CDVO, Jajpur
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To strengthen
food security of the villagers
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During 2016-17, Rs. 90,000.00 has been
released for supply of 4 wks old
colour birds under backyard poultry. During 2017-18, Rs. 40,000.00 has been spent for
supply of 4 wks old colour birds
under backward poultry scheme
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During
inspection, No bird was
found in the village. The villagers
are also not aware about it. It
requires a thorough
investigation.
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Employment generation work under NREGS
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To provide employment opportunity to the
villagers which will strengthen their
food security
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During
last 3 years, total no. of 65 projects
with an estimated amount of Rs. 88.04 lakhs has been sanctioned.
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As per RTI information, during last 3 years, only 4.64 lakhs has been
utilized generating mandays of
2654. All the rest money is lying with the Department. The
Govt. has completely neglected to provide employment to the poor
tribals.
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Opening of
Primary School under SSA
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To provide
primary education to the children
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Rs. 24.06
lakh has been spent
for construction of building, two kitchen sheds, supply of school uniform etc.
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Huge money
has been spent . But there
is no education
in the village.
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Construction of latrines @
Rs. 22,000 per each for 60 HH
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Rs. 13.20 lakh
has been utilized.
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All latrines are
found defunct and of no use by the
villagers. This is completely wastage of money.
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8. Analysis and
Recommendation to State Govt.
1. The Team
reached at the
conclusion that there is no
major changes in terms of health condition of the children and food security
of the tribals. The children are
still malnourished due to food
insecurity and the tribals are
impoverished. There is no change
in their food habit what
it was in 2016 . Only rice
and dal or rice
and salt constitutes their
staple food till today despite huge
intervention and investment by Govt.
2. It is
proved that mere development of
infrastructure like road
construction, supply of
electricity , construction of building
will no way help strengthening their
food security and ensured their
livelihood.
3. Half-hazard
development work without community mobilization and understanding their
problem can never yield any good result. For example, within 3 years Rs. 88 .00
lakhs has been sanctioned under NREGA in order to provide employment to the people. But just Rs. 4 .00 lakh has
been spent. Had this amount
been spent by providing work to
the poor tribals, it might have strengthened their food security and ensured livelihood.
4. Road connectivity was ensured to Nagada village. A Biju Bus was plying from Sukinda
to Nagada. But after few days , it was stopped. Now private taxi is plying
demanding Rs. 80.00 to and fro
from Nagada to Tata Mines. For
purchasing 25 kg PDS rice @ Rs.25.00 from Panchayat office, a tribal uses to pay
Rs. 80.00 for taxi fare. No doubt, this is a big financial burden on the
tribals. If the Govt. could have
delivered rice at their
door step, it would have been better
for them.
5. Ensuring
portable safe drinking water to Nagada
is a big failure by the Govt.
This project is defunct. Water
tanks are lying deserted. This is complete
wastage of money.
Recommendations
1. All
the projects undertaken in Nagada must be reviewed
in terms of its avowed
objective and its achievement,
failure and success. A lesson learnt
workshop may be conducted for thorough analysis of these projects and devise action plan for future
programme.
2. A
Biju Gadi ( Biju BUS) must
be resumed to Nagada without collection
of taxi fare from the villagers
atleast for one year.
3. In
addition to supply of PDS rice, Ahara dal, oil, potato, onion and egg to be
supplied to each family at highly subsidized price.
4. Half-hazard
implementation of NREGA work must be stopped and this work must continue through
out the
year . So that the tribals can
earn and spend money for their food and livelihood.
5. There
must be campaign to mobilise Juang tribes to stop drinking liquor. It will
be a great help to them.
6. All
the projects must
be thoroughly monitored
by a special monitoring
team from Bhubaneswar. The Team
will monitor all the
projects every 15 days
and present the concerned
authorities for action.
Report
prepared by
Pradip Pradhan Sanjukta
Panigrahi
M-9937843482 M-9337903294
Date- 10.6.19
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